oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down110
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 day agoI think it wasn’t the point of OP that “meter” better matches the French pronunciation, but it does better match the (American and British?) English pronouciation than “metre” does.
I think it wasn’t the point of OP that “meter” better matches the French pronunciation, but it does better match the (American and British?) English pronouciation than “metre” does.