• Mossy Feathers (She/Her)
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    12 years ago

    Ah, okay. I was wondering if it was a silly reason like, “it’s a struggle to do anything when you’re comfy” or something like that.

    • @Masimatutu@lemm.eeOP
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      2 years ago

      As a rule, when speculating etymological relations, always look at the spelling rather than the pronunciation, since the latter tends to change a lot more quickly. English, of course, is an extreme case of this; during the Great Vowel Shift spellings stayed much the same while most vowels changed to the point of becoming unrecognisable. This is the main reason why English spelling makes no sense.