• RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 day ago

    As if cutting letters and syllables from words to make then more efficient isn’t a tradition as old as words, innit?

    But adding an invisible consonant? That’s insane.

    • someguy3@lemmy.world
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      It’s not because of efficiency or whatever you’re trying to say, military ranks especially have a long history of weirdness and changes in languages, pronunciation, and spelling. All not all 3 being in line.

      Like wow it’s ok to not know these things, but you shouldn’t act all holier than thou. Ciao.