Yup. That phenomenon is called “analogical change”. The opposite happens too though! For example, “person” and “parson”.
Yup. That phenomenon is called “analogical change”. The opposite happens too though! For example, “person” and “parson”.
Actuallyyy…
Goose comes from Old English, where they pluralized [go:s] (think “goes” with a soft S) by adding [iz] (like “ease”).
When saying [go:siz], it was kinda hard for the mouth to switch the vowels from the [o] to the [i] quickly, so to save themselves the trouble, they’d change the first vowel to make it a little more similar to the second, so [go:siz] became [ge:siz].
Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [z]. [ge:si] (think “guessy” but the “e” lasts a bit longer than usual).
Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [i]. [ge:s] (“guess” with that same drawn out “e”).
📯It’s the Great Vowel Shift!📯 Now, [go:s] and [ge:s] become [gu:s] and [gi:s]. Almost there!
The vowels become a tad short over time, and now, you have [gus] and [gis] which are written “goose” and “geese”.
But “MOOSE”? That’s Algonquin. It has nothing to do with all that noise. “But they sound the same and are written the same?!” So? Haven’t you heard? English orthography is a dumpster fire. Nobody knows what they’re doing. Not even the words.
Not all famous people’s friends are famous. 🤷🏼 They both used to be part of the cosplay community that would attend a lot of anime conventions, but somebody made a joke about doxxing myself, so I don’t feel comfortable saying much else.
Wtf that’s my partner’s friend! I’ve seen people I know on Reddit a few times before, but I didn’t expect it on a less populated place like Lemmy. It’s a small world.
I loved the desirepaths subreddit. It’s a shame it’s, ya know, a subreddit.
What does PCB stand for?
I won’t sit idly by while there is a PRETENDER TO THE THRONE.
I hate to be “that zoologist” (because I’m not a zoologist), but isn’t that a shrew?
Can somebody explain what this Raspberry Pi is that I see talked about all over Lemmy? Certainly, it is no pie, but I can’t seem to grasp what it actually is.
Therapy has taught me the greatest pain is the pain of not feeling heard. 😞
But I don’t know. Getting slapped in the face like that seems pretty bad too.
Serious question: How is this different than all the other sensationalized headlines about some technology that’s gonna change everything, and then you later hear nothing about it?
I fux hard with chamomile and yerba mate for completely opposite reasons from each other.
That’s something different then. Tea is called tea because it’s made from tea (Camellia sinensis).
Caffeine can actually dehydrate you. It’s why I’m not supposed to drink caffeine before recording voiceover.
They knew what they were doing… They had to. Lol
I’ll never understand why low res images like this always have half the text cropped off. I get why it’s done when they’re conveniently censoring something, but…ugh. :(