Why is apple spelled apple when it should be spelled appel? 🤔

Eppol* 👌🏻

A pal

Apel works too although spell checker hates it. Saves a letter.

Because there’s appeal and there is apple

It used to be pronounced ap-luh. The spelling was settled before the pronunciation changed.

It's not a Dutch company.

I never thought of that before lol

App pel?

If you break it apart all is explained. “Ap” means “red” in Latin. “Ple” means “fruit” in Latin.

It is spelled appel in Dutch, but English speakers had to complicate it. 🤷🏻

I read that with the emphasis on the second syllable when it’s spelled like that. And I hear it as the word
"to call".😊

Or the random Ks that someone decided were needed in some words. I wonder why K-nife you K-now? Or K-nit? And why a K over any other letter?

I have no idea. But English spelling is insanely weird.

You think too much.

Wait until you find out about bubble

😅