over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoCuriously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced! Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoOh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoA few less-obvious associations, just for fun: Just like “the house” /s/ is “to house” /z/, “the glass” /s/ is “to glaze” /z/ Tiw’s Day, Wotan’s Day, Thor’s Day, Frigg’s Day. Note: Tiw, Wotan and Frigg are the native names for Norse Tyr, Odin and Freyja. “Flee”, “fly”, “flow” are all related. The “mus” in “muscle” is a borrowed cognate to native “mouse”.
minus-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoBy the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
minus-squarecannedtuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoIt would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
Curiously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced!
Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
Oh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
A few less-obvious associations, just for fun:
By the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
It would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”