Rupert V/rupert@mastodon.nz
Oct 12, 2026, 7:37 PM@Dianora @finn Alternatively, the bits of English stolen from French were stolen more recently than the bits from German, so you can still see the joins. And really, a lot of that should be considered different from the bits stolen from Norman French, which came in between, and accounts for why English people can't pronounce lieutenant.