Thats really cool thank you
Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character?
davidagain@lemmy.world 2 days agoVoiced is like the th in the, unvoiced is like the th in thin.
Unvoiced sounds the same whispered, whereas voiced loses its buzz when you whisper.
Voiced:
that then with the then this breathe bother those though
Unvoiced:
thin thanks width breath both youth pithy smith thatch thought throughout thorough
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Why is it that the Dutch press operators that Caxton hired to run his printing presses, seldom catch any blame for the spelling changes they made to English? The one I always remember is Ghost. Those Dutch press operators decided that Gost should look more like the the Dutch word Gheest. So Ghost got it’s “h”. As did ghoul because you wouldn’t that to be too different…And other words got the same treatments. Thankfully many of the changes didn’t stick but enough have.
If only the printing press hadn’t been introduced to English until after the Great Vowel Shift was over, spelling and spoken would be much closer aligned.
Soggy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The explanation I heard was that “ghost” stuck around because “Holy Ghost” was in the printed bibles and people didn’t question that authority.
notfromhere@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
How can I subscribe for more language nuance explanations?
davidagain@lemmy.world 1 day ago
historyofenglishpodcast.com (Not me, but I enjoyed it a great deal, one of my favourite podcasts ever.)