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[โ€“] guy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's a bunch of words spelt annoyingly because those bastard scholars decided they'd like to incorporate the historic roots of words, rather than the reality of words, in their spelling.

[โ€“] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe they intended the pronunciation to change too, and for whatever reason only the spelling did.