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minus-squareKowowow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThe spelling reminds me of how alex jones has a real hard time not pronouncing his V’s as B’s, used to think it was his fat face but maybe it’s an odd accent
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThis is an established phenomenon in linguistics, called betacism! There are several languages that have gone from V to B or vice versa over time. Pretty much all V sounds in modern “native” English words would have been B sounds in its Germanic predecessors.
The spelling reminds me of how alex jones has a real hard time not pronouncing his V’s as B’s, used to think it was his fat face but maybe it’s an odd accent
This is an established phenomenon in linguistics, called betacism! There are several languages that have gone from V to B or vice versa over time.
Pretty much all V sounds in modern “native” English words would have been B sounds in its Germanic predecessors.