General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Barry Poppins]

For example.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Cow, Sheep, Pig = Anglo-Saxon, while Beef, Mutton, and Pork = Norman-French

 

[Switchblake]

Like why the fuck is read n bread not pronounced the same u assholes ? No reason cuz fuck u

It is, technically. Read in the past tense is pronounced the same as bread.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Cow, Sheep, Pig = Anglo-Saxon, while Beef, Mutton, and Pork = Norman-French

yup. Boeuf Mouton and porc

 

[Barry Poppins]

TBF Jeff

 

[Barry Poppins]

Bread and Read *were* read the same.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Pre-1600's, Bread and Read were read as Braid and Raid.

 

[Switchblake]

Cow, Sheep, Pig = Anglo-Saxon, while Beef, Mutton, and Pork = Norman-French

Yeah, so many double words for things because of the wars between kings for land in the 12 century.

 

[Comrade Khan]

It's just confusing as a French speakers. We have a lot of rules too but it's more the conjugation of verbs that's a bitch in French

 

[Switchblake]

Bread and Read *were* read the same.

Still is, like I was saying read in the past tense is pronounced the same bread.

 

[Barry Poppins]

So ya know like Shakespeare?

 

[Marty McFourth]

Can we talk about how you guys say Z. I say Zed. JAY-ZED

 

[Comrade Khan]

Still is, like I was saying read in the past tense is pronounced the same bread.

but written the same. Agai that's wtf as an outsider. Obviously u just have to know

 

[Barry Poppins]

Imagine reading Shakespeare with no Long E

 

[Comrade Khan]

Like in French we just have 3 verb groups and each group is conjugated the same across all tenses