107: wednesday Mar 25, 2015
Happy hump-day everyone. The word 'Wednesday' comes from Old English,
through the word 'Wōdnesdæg', originating from the Germanic god Odin.
The reason that this word begins with the letter 'w' is because that
letter is a glide, resulting in an easier-to-pronounce 'o' sound, made
far before spelling was standardized.
For those of you that do not know, a 'glide' is "a sound produced as the vocal organs move toward or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant for example 'y' in mute"
For those of you that do not know, a 'glide' is "a sound produced as the vocal organs move toward or away from articulation of a vowel or consonant for example 'y' in mute"