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listen-to-my-eyes · 3 months ago

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ok i have figured out that this will never happen because of the principle of least effort, thanks etymology_nerd

bring the diaeresis back to english. it’s not coop-erate it’s coöperate. it’s not reen-ter it’s reënter. those are the only examples i can think of but anyways it’s important

#etymology #etymology nerd #principle of least effort #<- ah yes i’m sure countless people are following the tag ‘principle of least effort’#<- countless literally because you can’t count zero #<- or can you?#why tf does my phone automatically replace < - with <-? is this a tumblr thing?#<-#i can’t even type < - without it turning into the arrow pls #anyways #english #writing #language

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