minus-squaredot20@lemmy.worldtoxkcd@lemmy.world•XKCD #2819: PronunciationlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIIUC the problem is that they updated the pronunciation without updating the spelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift linkfedilink
minus-squaredot20@lemmy.worldtoxkcd@lemmy.world•XKCD #2819: PronunciationlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoPterry linkfedilink
minus-squaredot20@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's a company secret you can share now that you no longer work there?linkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe use of ‘railroad’ instead of ‘railway’ would seem to indicate American English linkfedilink
IIUC the problem is that they updated the pronunciation without updating the spelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift