Interstellar_1 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1149
arrow-up1149message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1 to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square189fedilink
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 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