over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months ago I wonder if perhaps an older dialect used to pronounce the W. That’s correct, and it isn’t even that old - based on the [o:]→[u:] change it should be from 1500 or so. And the modern Scots cognate ⟨twa⟩ /twɑ:/~/twɔ:/ still has it.
That’s correct, and it isn’t even that old - based on the [o:]→[u:] change it should be from 1500 or so. And the modern Scots cognate ⟨twa⟩ /twɑ:/~/twɔ:/ still has it.