over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoCuriously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced! Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year 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-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-up18·1 year agoIt would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
minus-squareNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTwain. “He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSide question? Does twelve basically mean two eleven?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoInteresting. This sorta makes sense actually. Curious though, do you have a reference link?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.
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!
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!
Twain.
“He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
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
The last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.