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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•29 days agoPeople used to pronounce all the letters and then over time they got lazy and stopped pronouncing everything
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•29 days agoAnd they have actually removed some of them. The ê in forêt indicates it used to be spelled forest but that was so long ago that they’re willing to admit it’s not necessary. Unlike the k in knife, what would we do without that!
People used to pronounce all the letters and then over time they got lazy and stopped pronouncing everything
And they have actually removed some of them. The ê in forêt indicates it used to be spelled forest but that was so long ago that they’re willing to admit it’s not necessary. Unlike the k in knife, what would we do without that!