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[-] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Having Regular English would be nice given some of the silly stuff English has.

Like, really, what's the root of "worse, worst" and "better, best"? "Wo" and "Be"????

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wyrs- and bat- making their way through PIE, Proto-Germanic, and sometimes Dutch.

[-] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

B-but that's even more irregular!

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