over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·12 hours agoCuriously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced! Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
minus-squareNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoTwain. “He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·11 hours 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-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·11 hours 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-up21·11 hours agoIt would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
minus-squareweew@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·11 hours agoIt sounds exactly like “to” which means the w is silent. It is not pronounced at all like any of the other example words given.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 hours agoI don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours agoSide question? Does twelve basically mean two eleven?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 hours 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-up3·11 hours agoInteresting. This sorta makes sense actually. Curious though, do you have a reference link?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 hours agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoThe last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.
Curiously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced!
Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
Twain.
“He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
Oh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
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!
It sounds exactly like “to” which means the w is silent.
It is not pronounced at all like any of the other example words given.
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!
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
The last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.