Other examples?
Comment on The word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It was just kind of a trend in the twenties to add the suffix “ie” to anything when something new was invented
livus@kbin.social 11 months ago
We're not much better, we've had tends for -r and -io.
Movr, movios.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Don’t forget dropping the last vowel! I wonder what they spend their vowel savings on…
livus@kbin.social 11 months ago
Saving them up for a later trend probably. Moviesie.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Moviiiiis?