@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 month agoKamala Harris has told allies that he she has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walzwww.washingtonpost.commessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down15
arrow-up1349arrow-down1external-linkKamala Harris has told allies that he she has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walzwww.washingtonpost.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 month agoLooks like we can thank the Dutch language for that one
minus-square@Mouselemminglink6•1 month agoLooks like loose is from Germanic/Old Norse, “laus” And lose is from Old English, “los” Also looks like I can’t stand to look at either of these words for a few day now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 month agoFrom my tiny amount of research eventually it passed through the Dutch layer and ended up as “loose” from those origin points before being adopted into english
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agodoesn’t matter what the root is. Just conform the spelling to fit your language’s rules
Looks like we can thank the Dutch language for that one
Looks like loose is from Germanic/Old Norse, “laus”
And lose is from Old English, “los”
Also looks like I can’t stand to look at either of these words for a few day now.
From my tiny amount of research eventually it passed through the Dutch layer and ended up as “loose” from those origin points before being adopted into english
doesn’t matter what the root is. Just conform the spelling to fit your language’s rules
English? Rules?
We don’t do that here.
GHOTI is pronounced as “fish”.
Damn, I haven’t seen that one in forever.
Kamala must change her name to commalaa