over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up154file-text
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minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 month agoCuriously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced! Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
minus-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoBy the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
minus-squarecannedtuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 month agoIt would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoI don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoSide question? Does twelve basically mean two eleven?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoTwelve’s root is in meaning “two left”. And similarly eleven’s origin is meaning “one left”. In both cases left over from ten, the base unit of counting.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoInteresting. This sorta makes sense actually. Curious though, do you have a reference link?
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
minus-squareNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoTwain. “He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.
Curiously in words related to ‘two’ the W is often pronounced!
Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
By the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
It would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
Lol.
OK, Impressive Clergyman!
Mawwiage!
I don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
twoah
hawk twoah
Spell out that thang!
Side question?
Does twelve basically mean two eleven?
Twelve’s root is in meaning “two left”. And similarly eleven’s origin is meaning “one left”. In both cases left over from ten, the base unit of counting.
Interesting. This sorta makes sense actually.
Curious though, do you have a reference link?
https://www.etymonline.com/word/twelve
https://www.etymonline.com/word/eleven
Twain.
“He split Robin’s arrow in twain!”
The last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.