Kem Herkes8 Apr: Victuals?
#TIL this word for "food and/or provisions" is pronounced vittles which rhymes with skittles, which is a game not a food.
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Yeah, that's all I've got.
AggiThanks, I hate it.
*adds it to her word list labeled 'why didn't we make alphabet pronunciations universal when we had the chance?'*
VIctuals
Breeches
Waistcoat
Lieutenant
Boatswain
Samhain
I have got to stop hanging out with old British sailors.
@oneluckyelf what makes this one even sadder is that it *was* spelled vittles up until English spellings started being standardized. IIRC this one we have to blame on snobs who wanted words properly Latinized, even if that was totally wrong.