Why isn't "Wednesday" spelled "Wensday"? Why do we pronounce it like that?

@Crazychick Yes pronunciations change over time. I still say Wednesday with the D sound.

@hippyjoe1955 I don't know anyone who does.

@Crazychick The problem is that in the past spelling was much more fluid than it is at present. The advent of the printing press kind of made spelling much more fixed than previous. Thus we see the spelling reflect the then pronunciation of Wednesday rather than the old pronunciation of Woden's Day. But now more and more people are saying Wensday instead of Wednesday the spelling doesn't match. Similar to February where few people sound out the first R in the word.

@PhoenixPhail Thanks. I wasn't active on here on my birthday this year anyway.

@PhoenixPhail I say it with the R

@iamnikki Some people do.

@Highskirt The letter W is a separate letter in its own right.

@Muthafukajones I thought they were always pronounced like that. What was "sensitive" about that last comment?

@Crazychick 🤷‍♂️

@Crazychick The laziness of human nature honey, local dialect and lots more, we are talking of hundreds of years. Augustus and Julius were Roman deities, that is how we have August and July. Before that there were only ten months, with November (9) being the ninth month and December (10) being the tenth month. A simple change of the "o" to the "e" is nothing in the standards of time. Come on honey, put your thinking head on.😊😉

@Uncfred You are still not answering my question. Now come on, stop trolling and answer me.

@SirenCalledLuce Lol :)

@SirenCalledLuce I didn't know that buy that kind of explains it.

@Gangstress She's already dead. She thankfully kicked the bucket about 7 years ago.

@Crazychick good riddance lol bang bang the witch is dead

@Gangstress That's what we all said at the time. Lol :)

@Longpatrol We don't in England.

@Crazychick hmmm interesting

@Longpatrol We pronounce it "Wensday" here.