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[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Having Regular English would be nice given some of the silly stuff English has.

Like, really, what's the root of "worse, worst" and "better, best"? "Wo" and "Be"????

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wyrs- and bat- making their way through PIE, Proto-Germanic, and sometimes Dutch.

B-but that's even more irregular!