English

When did ae become [e]?
When did æ stop being used?Where did æ originate from?What did the Old English ligature æ change into?What is the difference between æ and œ? When d...
Latin translation for the following English words
What English words are from Latin?Is English 60% Latin?How many English words are from Latin?What is an example of a Latin word? What English words ...
Why are words spelled the way they are
Most of the spelling conventions in Modern English were derived from the phonetic spelling of a variety of Middle English, and generally do not reflec...
Why english words are not pronounced as they are written
Why? Well, that's because English writing is full of silent letters. That means that while the letter appears in the word, it isn't pronounced when sp...
Why is english pronunciation so inconsistent
English spellings and pronunciation are so strange because the language is really a mix of lots of different languages. In fact, English is made up of...
English spelling different from pronunciation
Spelling refers to the way we structure words visually (using letters of the alphabet), while pronunciation refers to the way in which these words are...
Inconsistencies in english pronunciation
What is English pronunciation inconsistencies?Why is English so phonetically inconsistent?What causes inconsistencies in the English spelling system?...
List of english words pronounced differently than spelled
What words can British not say?What is the most mispronounced English word?What word takes 3 hours to spell?What are the 20 examples of homographs? ...
Old English alphabet
Of these letters, most were directly adopted from the Latin alphabet, two were modified Latin letters (Æ, Ð), and two developed from the runic alphabe...