over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days 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.