• RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 day ago

      As if cutting letters and syllables from words to make then more efficient isn’t a tradition as old as words, innit?

      But adding an invisible consonant? That’s insane.

      • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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        22 hours ago

        It’s not because of efficiency or whatever you’re trying to say (and saying Kernel literally adds an R), military ranks especially have a long history of crossovers in languages and weirdness in pronunciation and spelling. And all 3 aren’t in line.

        Like wow it’s ok to not know these things, but you shouldn’t act all holier than thou. Ciao.