@BonesOfTheMoon to Microblog MemesEnglish • 7 months agoAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.imagemessage-square167arrow-up11.12Karrow-down120
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoThat one was deliberate actually - some pompous reformer (possibly Dr Johnson or a follower) decided we needed certain spellings to be more like Dutch. That’s where the H came from in ‘ghost’ as well, used to be ‘gost’ like in ‘most hosts’
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That one was deliberate actually - some pompous reformer (possibly Dr Johnson or a follower) decided we needed certain spellings to be more like Dutch. That’s where the H came from in ‘ghost’ as well, used to be ‘gost’ like in ‘most hosts’