Why is pretty spelled with an E ?
It's pronounced as an I, like pritty kitty.🤷♂️
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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 😀
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 😀
