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[–] murkeyindividual2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I fucking love linguistics oh my god. This is amazing

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You should check out this book: Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme―And Other Oddities of the English Language

It was absolutely fascinating. Who knew there're very good reasons why English is so messed up?

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

English is hard, but can be figured out through tough thorough thought though.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

This made me laugh. You asshole :)

[–] AstroViking@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you for that, straight onto my reading list.