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[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Daughter of the Cornelius Fuscus; was a bit husky, but sweet

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

tfw 'v' and 'w' is pronounced the same in your language

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Truly walking in the ways of the ancients 🙏

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

'w' seems to be an invention of the late middleages, though ... not sure how they pronounced 'v' back then in Germany and England, but evidently Germanic writers felt the need for a discinct letter.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on the time period how it was pronounced.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

the time stamp says 8:43 PM

[–] zeet@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Ah. Late ewening, then.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I needed that smile after just reading about how a two-year-old was deported.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a smile until I read your reply 😢

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

Sorry. It's emotional times.

[–] Omegaman@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

So Elmer Fudd was right all along.

[–] unbanshee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I beg your pardon - those harrowing victims of an incomprehensible terror were killed by pywocwastic fwow.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gallia est omnis dOwOsa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam OwOtani, tertiam OwO ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli OwOllantur. Hi OwOnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se OwOrunt. Gallos ab OwOtanis GarOwOna flumen, a belgis Matrona et Sequana dOwOdit.