They were afraid the Germans next door would seem smarter due to the longer word lengths, but didn't want to have such difficulties pronouncing everything, so they chose a compromise by just making words look longer than they actually are.
There has never been a more malicious act of linguistic inbreeding sabotage than the French bastardizing Latin with German and then body-horroring their spelling abominations on to English.
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WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 30 pts · 5d
They were afraid the Germans next door would seem smarter due to the longer word lengths, but didn't want to have such difficulties pronouncing everything, so they chose a compromise by just making words look longer than they actually are.
Airfried@piefed.social · 22 pts · 5d
English isn't any better when it comes to spelling. It's terribly inconsistent and in desperate need of several reforms.
douz0a0bouz@midwest.social · 11 pts · 5d
Probably because English borrowed so many words from French and other languages.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 4d
More like had them forced on us when the normans invaded
xav@programming.dev · 6 pts · 5d
"I know right"
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 4 pts · 5d
You can still pronounce all the letters if you aren't a coward.
Horsey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 4d
English is like 5 languages hiding in a trenchcoat.
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UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 4d
You can cough, though, through, and laugh your way through it.
LemmyPlaceDN@europe.pub · 13 pts · 5d
Eaux
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 5d
A teacher I had used to joke that he didn't have a last name whenever he visited France. His last name was Høst
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 11 pts · 5d
There has never been a more malicious act of linguistic inbreeding sabotage than the French bastardizing Latin with German and then body-horroring their spelling abominations on to English.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 5d
its the wine talking.