over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 day agoCuriously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced! Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 day 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-squareNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoTwain. “He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
minus-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day 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-up17·1 day agoIt would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoI don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThe last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoSide question? Does twelve basically mean two eleven?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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 day agoInteresting. This sorta makes sense actually. Curious though, do you have a reference link?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
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.
Twain.
“He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
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!
The last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.
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