x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-squaremessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square90fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBudgetBandit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·3 months agoDon’t forget that there once was a time when smart people just added letters to words that don’t do anything - like the b in debt, which was called det before. Or when America got rid of Britains U after O because newspapers charged per letter.
minus-squarex4740N@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI don’t know about “debt”, I always pronounce a very subtle b when I say it and saying det just sounds like the “det” in “detrimental”
Don’t forget that there once was a time when smart people just added letters to words that don’t do anything - like the b in debt, which was called det before. Or when America got rid of Britains U after O because newspapers charged per letter.
I don’t know about “debt”, I always pronounce a very subtle b when I say it and saying det just sounds like the “det” in “detrimental”