@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.29Karrow-down1imageGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈linkfedilink3•edit-23 months agoIt comes from the german Fötus oe is ö and english is a germanic language
minus-square@feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-23 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-square@mitchty@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink1•edit-23 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