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Pronoun rants are age-old (rule) (files.mastodon.online)
submitted 1 year ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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from the early 18th century

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

fenflefs. Why use the weird s (f) when they have the normal s

[–] Masimatutu@mander.xyz 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's called the long s (ſ; ſenſeleſs). It's actually pretty interesting, but unfortunately I don't have much time to explain right now, so in short, it exists because language.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

English has never not been jank af