Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down12
arrow-up1147arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-24 months ago“You” and “thou” come from different roots. They are not simply different orthographies like “ye” and “the”. https://www.etymonline.com/word/thou https://www.etymonline.com/word/you
“You” and “thou” come from different roots. They are not simply different orthographies like “ye” and “the”.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/thou
https://www.etymonline.com/word/you