What used to feel ‘eased’, now just felt ‘east’. What used to be ‘alive’, was now just ‘a life’. That was just how it was, ever since they finally devoiced.
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When etymologists cannot agree on the origin of a word, they may resort to fighting among themselves with dance-like back and forth arguments of whether the word is an imitation of a sound found in nature.
This dance-fighting style is known as ‘onomatopoeira’.
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CW: Why should you read Beowulf in the original Anglo-Saxon?
@StefanMuelller Because of the epic wynns!
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The American Dialect Society's word of these for 2022 is the suffix -ussy. https://www.americandialect.org/2022-word-of-the-year-is-ussy
Linguists are my people. Cackling.
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