(January 17, 2016 at 5:42 pm)abaris Wrote:(January 17, 2016 at 5:13 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: It could be that "Build" used to actually be pronounced "bwild", especially considering both Dutch and German words for "build" have a u/w sounded letter in them.
How so? Bauen has no spoken U. Only if you take it back into medieval times. Back then, the "au" didn't exist and was pronounced as U.
Is it possible he means the letter u is pronounced as w. this is often the case in English words such as quack, quite, question, quote? Though I tried pronouncing bw and my lips still hurts. Ouch.
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
