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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If this article is interesting to you, and you speak English, I have a book to recommend:

And a podcast with the author:

It turns out there are a lot of good (as in explainable) reasons why the language is so fucked up and broken. I found this a fascinating read.

Edit: Also, check out The Great Vowel Shift.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago