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jaza
on Dec 18, 2023
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Where do you think the weirdest bits of the English language came from?
blackshaw
on Dec 18, 2023
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If we're talking about spelling, the biggest source of English's orthographic oddness is the Great Vowel Shift:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift
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