• muddi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    There is a logic behind this, but you kinda have to be a linguistics nerd to know.

    L and W are pretty similarly pronounced in many languages including English. Over time, this plus the fact that some might have difficulty speaking the language (still learning, have a lisp, low literacy, etc) leads to Ls becoming Ws in places.

    Long story short, L took the L sometimes in English