over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 months agoCuriously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced! Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoOh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoA few less-obvious associations, just for fun: Just like “the house” /s/ is “to house” /z/, “the glass” /s/ is “to glaze” /z/ Tiw’s Day, Wotan’s Day, Thor’s Day, Frigg’s Day. Note: Tiw, Wotan and Frigg are the native names for Norse Tyr, Odin and Freyja. “Flee”, “fly”, “flow” are all related. The “mus” in “muscle” is a borrowed cognate to native “mouse”.
minus-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoBy the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
minus-squarecannedtuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 months agoIt would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSide question? Does twelve basically mean two eleven?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoTwelve’s root is in meaning “two left”. And similarly eleven’s origin is meaning “one left”. In both cases left over from ten, the base unit of counting.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoInteresting. This sorta makes sense actually. Curious though, do you have a reference link?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
minus-squareNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoTwain. “He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.
Curiously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced!
Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
Oh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
A few less-obvious associations, just for fun:
By the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
It would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
Mawwiage!
Lol.
OK, Impressive Clergyman!
I don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
twoah
hawk twoah
Spell out that thang!
Side question?
Does twelve basically mean two eleven?
Twelve’s root is in meaning “two left”. And similarly eleven’s origin is meaning “one left”. In both cases left over from ten, the base unit of counting.
Interesting. This sorta makes sense actually.
Curious though, do you have a reference link?
https://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve
https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
Twain.
“He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
The last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.