BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1imageAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days 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’
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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’