Why is pretty spelled with an E ?

It's pronounced as an I, like pritty kitty.🤷‍♂️

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F Best Comment

Blame the French for English spelling... it's their fault!
If they hadn't invaded England, and if they hadn't corrupted Italian, it would all be a lot easier.

Matt85 · 36-40, M

cause when you say it with an E sound it's sounds like an I
its a bit like Keanu Reeves, it just sounds like KeanO Reeves.

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

A letter from 11 December 1855 credits William Ollier Jr. with the suggestion that the word 'fish' in English could be spelled 'ghoti'.

gh - as in enou[b]gh[/b]

o - as in w[b]o[/b]men

ti - as in na[b]ti[/b]on

RenFur · 70-79, M

I know, eh? Don't get me started on Arkansas and Yosemite.

Flenflyys · 31-35, F

Why is tongue not spelled tung

UnderLockDown · M

@Flenflyys It was a long time ago.

Flenflyys · 31-35, F

@UnderLockDown good

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

Purdy

walabby · 61-69, M

English is weird...

sstronaut

English doesn't make sense and it's a lot of imperfect languages combined together.

newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

@sstronaut The predominant language in England used to be Old German, but after the Norman Conquest, and the subsequent spread of French, the two languages merged together.

The 'masses' used german and the 'nobility' used French. Official edicts were commonly posted in both languages. For example, a poster might be put up informing people of a new law, and so that both the peasants and the nobles could understand it one side of the poster would be titled Loi (French for Law) and the other side would be titled Ordnung (German for Order)

We still use that couplet in everyday English... Law and Order 😀

walabby · 61-69, M

@newjaninev2 The German language would be from the Angle, Saxon and Jute migrations prior to 1000AD. I wonder how much language is retained from the original Britons that inhabited those isles before the continental Europeans arrived?

NoGamesTolerated · F

I get the e and not I…

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