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minus-square@MrJameGumblink4•1 month agoI’ve never seen anyone spell hummus like that lol! Apparently that’s how they spell it in the UK?
minus-squareSkualinkfedilink6•edit-21 month agoI am in the UK so that would make sense. Going solely off of wikipedia’s page on the romanisation of Arabic, I’d hazard a guess that the UK spelling came via French
minus-square@Klearlink4•1 month agoI never realised that it’s not from latin, but apparently the words hummus and humus have nothing to do with each other.
I’ve never seen anyone spell hummus like that lol! Apparently that’s how they spell it in the UK?
I am in the UK so that would make sense. Going solely off of wikipedia’s page on the romanisation of Arabic, I’d hazard a guess that the UK spelling came via French
I never realised that it’s not from latin, but apparently the words hummus and humus have nothing to do with each other.