BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up11.12K
arrow-up11.1Kexternal-linkAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThat one was deliberate actually - some pompous reformer (possibly Dr Johnson or a follower) decided we needed certain spellings to be more like Dutch. That’s where the H came from in ‘ghost’ as well, used to be ‘gost’ like in ‘most hosts’
That one was deliberate actually - some pompous reformer (possibly Dr Johnson or a follower) decided we needed certain spellings to be more like Dutch. That’s where the H came from in ‘ghost’ as well, used to be ‘gost’ like in ‘most hosts’