Francis BThis is going to sound really stupid, but...
An experience i keep having as i learn Welsh:
I see a word like, for example, awdurdod (authority) and think "oh that's weird, why has it got the word for author in it, is got nothing to do with authors" and then half a second later I'm like, "oh, doh! The English word has author in it too..."
But as an English speaker that never stuck out to me in the same way.
I guess it's an exercise in etymology.
An experience i keep having as i learn Welsh:
I see a word like, for example, awdurdod (authority) and think "oh that's weird, why has it got the word for author in it, is got nothing to do with authors" and then half a second later I'm like, "oh, doh! The English word has author in it too..."
But as an English speaker that never stuck out to me in the same way.
I guess it's an exercise in etymology.
Kate