• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    79 months ago

    I recently learned the correct spelling of the word prerogative and I still haven’t recovered.

    • stebo
      link
      fedilink
      89 months ago

      at least it doesn’t have random h’s like thorough etc.

      • Kiwi_Girl
        link
        fedilink
        99 months ago

        Burrough turned into burrow and borough, both pronounced differently to brow, rough, trough, thought and through.

        I hate English.

        • stebo
          link
          fedilink
          59 months ago

          The funniest about this is that I once watched a video on interesting languages to learn and they were like “this language is super interesting because you spell everything the same as you pronounce it”… yeah like any normal language?

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            29 months ago

            I understand languages get to change over time and once upon a time edinborough was actually pronounced close to it’s spelling, not the butchered edinbra of today. But why the fuck hasn’t the spelling catch up completely puzzles me, since no other language I’ve heard of has issues to the same degree.

            • stebo
              link
              fedilink
              19 months ago

              Right? If the pronunciation changes, change the spelling too.

    • tkc
      link
      fedilink
      29 months ago

      Literally said how its spelt though? Am I missing something?