oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down19
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarepruwybenlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 day agoI say we just admit that R can be a vowel, and drop the E entirely.
minus-squaresznowicki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 hours agoThat’s what we did in Polish. It’s „metr”.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 hours agoRookie stuff, in Czech we have čtvrthrst. No vowel in sight.
minus-squareECB@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 minutes agoHoly hell, I thought Croatian was bad with things like trg
minus-squareocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoBlew my mind when I learned that the Chinese i frequently works like that and that pinyin is a lie.
I say we just admit that R can be a vowel, and drop the E entirely.
That’s what we did in Polish. It’s „metr”.
Rookie stuff, in Czech we have čtvrthrst. No vowel in sight.
Holy hell, I thought Croatian was bad with things like trg
Blew my mind when I learned that the Chinese i frequently works like that and that pinyin is a lie.