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Is that wy people said stuff like "United ftates"

WednesdayAddams wrote:

Is that wy people said stuff like "United ftates"

It's a lyric from music.

Kadeko wrote:

WednesdayAddams wrote:

Is that wy people said stuff like "United ftates"

No, the line should be "Number 1 goods from Amsterdam" but I cut it in here for no context at all. It's originally "Beste Ware aus Amsterdam" or "Best Ware from Amsterdam"

It's a lyric from music.

Donk2.0 wrote:

Carking the 6th wrote:

My dudes can’t forget about { and ~

Those are characters. The long S (ſ) is a real letter. Look at the us Bill of Rights. You'll find that the original document spells Congress like this; "Congreſs". ſ can be seen quite often in old documents, where readers who don't know what it is may mistake it for a f. It fell out of fashion because it has pretty much the exact same use as a normal S. (https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/12/14/the-long-s/#jp-carousel-20807) (also, if you exit that image you will find a pretty informative article about the letter)

Ampersand or And (&) however, still sees some use. Its meaning really hasn't changed since it was a part of the alphabet it's just a letter that represents the English word "and". It became known as "ampersand" kind of by mistake. In the 1800's it was typical for the alphabet to be taught with letters that could represent words on their own being mentioned separately by "per se". For example, at the beginning of the alphabet, you would say "A, per se A, B, C - etc" so, when you got to the end, you would go "X, Y, Z, and per se &(and)" through time, this way of reciting the alphabet came out of fashion, however, the last part ended up being merged into "ampersand" which became the name for "&", even after it left the alphabet. Linguistics is very interesting.

Carking the 6th wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Carking the 6th wrote:

My dudes can’t forget about { and ~

Those are characters. The long S (ſ) is a real letter. Look at the us Bill of Rights. You'll find that the original document spells Congress like this; "Congreſs". ſ can be seen quite often in old documents, where readers who don't know what it is may mistake it for a f. It fell out of fashion because it has pretty much the exact same use as a normal S. (https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/12/14/the-long-s/#jp-carousel-20807) (also, if you exit that image you will find a pretty informative article about the letter)

Ampersand or And (&) however, still sees some use. Its meaning really hasn't changed since it was a part of the alphabet it's just a letter that represents the English word "and". It became known as "ampersand" kind of by mistake. In the 1800's it was typical for the alphabet to be taught with letters that could represent words on their own being mentioned separately by "per se". For example, at the beginning of the alphabet, you would say "A, per se A, B, C - etc" so, when you got to the end, you would go "X, Y, Z, and per se &(and)" through time, this way of reciting the alphabet came out of fashion, however, the last part ended up being merged into "ampersand" which became the name for "&", even after it left the alphabet. Linguistics is very interesting.

Fox-Company wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

CMDR. Wolf wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

Yeah I already knew Germany was plotting against me.

lmao did you have Krakow on the brain or something

Can't think why.

It's actually pronounced Krakov in polish. W makes the V noise for some reason. V doesn't exist (except for some very specific and rare cases apparently), and ł makes the W noise.

V used to not be a English letter.

Like И and N, and Я and R

WednesdayAddams wrote:

Carking the 6th wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Carking the 6th wrote:

My dudes can’t forget about { and ~

Those are characters. The long S (ſ) is a real letter. Look at the us Bill of Rights. You'll find that the original document spells Congress like this; "Congreſs". ſ can be seen quite often in old documents, where readers who don't know what it is may mistake it for a f. It fell out of fashion because it has pretty much the exact same use as a normal S. (https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2021/12/14/the-long-s/#jp-carousel-20807) (also, if you exit that image you will find a pretty informative article about the letter)Ampersand or And (&) however, still sees some use. Its meaning really hasn't changed since it was a part of the alphabet it's just a letter that represents the English word "and". It became known as "ampersand" kind of by mistake. In the 1800's it was typical for the alphabet to be taught with letters that could represent words on their own being mentioned separately by "per se". For example, at the beginning of the alphabet, you would say "A, per se A, B, C - etc" so, when you got to the end, you would go "X, Y, Z, and per se &(and)" through time, this way of reciting the alphabet came out of fashion, however, the last part ended up being merged into "ampersand" which became the name for "&", even after it left the alphabet. Linguistics is very interesting.

ONLY SKULL IMG DURING OCTOBER

YES

SKULL EMOTE FTW

WednesdayAddams wrote:

YES

SKULL EMOTE FTW

Komrade Khrushchev wrote:

Fox-Company wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

CMDR. Wolf wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

Yeah I already knew Germany was plotting against me.

lmao did you have Krakow on the brain or something

Can't think why.

It's actually pronounced Krakov in polish. W makes the V noise for some reason. V doesn't exist (except for some very specific and rare cases apparently), and ł makes the W noise.

V used to not be a English letter.

Some of the English letters are mirrors of Russian letters

Like И and N, and Я and R

Donk2.0 wrote:

Komrade Khrushchev wrote:

Fox-Company wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

CMDR. Wolf wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

Yeah I already knew Germany was plotting against me.

lmao did you have Krakow on the brain or something

Can't think why.

It's actually pronounced Krakov in polish. W makes the V noise for some reason. V doesn't exist (except for some very specific and rare cases apparently), and ł makes the W noise.

V used to not be a English letter.

Some of the English letters are mirrors of Russian lettersLike И and N, and Я and R

*Cyrillic(a writing system, such as the latin(this) alphabet, not a language itself). Also, from my research, that claim is false. "Я" pronounced "ya", developed independently from another Cyrillic letter, "ѧ", which is no longer in use. "И" also developed separately from the Latin writing system, it's derived from the Greek letter eta. It makes a noise similar to "I". Just because they look similar, it doesn't mean they are actually as related to each other as you may think. None of the letters you mentioned are derived from Cyrillic, in fact, it is probably the other way around. By the 18th century, trade had become much more common, and this could have led to the spread of different writing systems which might have influenced each other.

Carking the 6th wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Komrade Khrushchev wrote:

Fox-Company wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

CMDR. Wolf wrote:

Lady Aragosta wrote:

Yeah I already knew Germany was plotting against me.

lmao did you have Krakow on the brain or something

Can't think why.

It's actually pronounced Krakov in polish. W makes the V noise for some reason. V doesn't exist (except for some very specific and rare cases apparently), and ł makes the W noise.

V used to not be a English letter.

Some of the English letters are mirrors of Russian lettersLike И and N, and Я and R

*Cyrillic(a writing system, such as the latin(this) alphabet, not a language itself). Also, from my research, that claim is false. "Я" pronounced "ya", developed independently from another Cyrillic letter, "ѧ", which is no longer in use. "И" also developed separately from the Latin writing system, it's derived from the Greek letter eta. It makes a noise similar to "I". Just because they look similar, it doesn't mean they are actually as related to each other as you may think. None of the letters you mentioned are derived from Cyrillic, in fact, it is probably the other way around. By the 18th century, trade had become much more common, and this could have led to the spread of different writing systems which might have influenced each other.

NERD *gives you a wedgie*

I still struggle to know English and these people consider learning languages that no sane human has spoke in the past 4000 years.

Amotah wrote:

I still struggle to know English and these people consider learning languages that no sane human has spoke in the past 4000 years.

Poor Tasmanian…

Donk2.0 wrote:

Amotah wrote:

I still struggle to know English and these people consider learning languages that no sane human has spoke in the past 4000 years.

Jersey Dutch actually only really went extinct in the 40's, and Wymysorys is being revitalized.

Amotah wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Amotah wrote:

I still struggle to know English and these people consider learning languages that no sane human has spoke in the past 4000 years.

Jersey Dutch actually only really went extinct in the 40's, and Wymysorys is being revitalized.

As I said no sane human has spoke in the last 4000 years.

Donk2.0 wrote:

Amotah wrote:

Donk2.0 wrote:

Amotah wrote:

I still struggle to know English and these people consider learning languages that no sane human has spoke in the past 4000 years.

Jersey Dutch actually only really went extinct in the 40's, and Wymysorys is being revitalized.

As I said no sane human has spoke in the last 4000 years.

Jersey Dutch was spoken as French is in Québec nowadays.

Of course it’s carking with the poland meme