minus-squarefadhl3y@lemmy.onetoWork Reform@lemmy.world•Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’linkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoYep, British English got these words from Norman French. In the 20th Century, Webster’s reforms attempted to simplify American English and lost a bunch of these silent vowels. linkfedilink
minus-squarefadhl3y@lemmy.onetoWorld News@lemmy.world•Global anti-Elon Musk protests planned at nearly 200 Tesla showroom locationslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·5 days agoPlease don’t joke about stuff that could get people in trouble linkfedilink
minus-squarefadhl3y@lemmy.onetopolitics @lemmy.world•The Big Question: would you still buy a Tesla?linkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoI bought one in 2021. Cancelled my plans to upgrade. linkfedilink
Yep, British English got these words from Norman French. In the 20th Century, Webster’s reforms attempted to simplify American English and lost a bunch of these silent vowels.