PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up11.3Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imageGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoIt comes from the german Fötus oe is ö and english is a germanic language
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months agoIs that right? So it’s not the same as the oe in phoenix? I know in old books they used to fuse the letters.
minus-squaremitchty@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoIf it’s right I’d want a source, the oe spelling in British English is as far as I was aware a let’s latinize thing in Britain. https://www.etymonline.com/word/oe https://www.etymonline.com/word/fetus
It comes from the german Fötus
oe is ö
and english is a germanic language
Is that right? So it’s not the same as the oe in phoenix? I know in old books they used to fuse the letters.
If it’s right I’d want a source, the oe spelling in British English is as far as I was aware a let’s latinize thing in Britain.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/oe https://www.etymonline.com/word/fetus