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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Though I want to know why Wednesday is pronounced "wendsday" or "wensday". The n is after the d!

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The d before n is inherited from the original name Wodans dag (like Tiu's dag, Thor's dag and Frey's dag inherited through the Saxons and Danes from pagan germanic gods)

The rest is just linguistic shift through the centuries of changing language. Like Dag -> Day while for example in German Dag -> Tag.

But the root of the word is still Wodan then old english Weoden then Wedn.

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same guy as Marvel's Odin.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Exactly, just more (and different) linguistic shift. Woðanaz -> Woden -> Oden -> Odin