We have four, fourth and fourteen. Understandable. But forty? Where did the ‘u’ go? Why is forty not spelt fourty?
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‘Yes‘, the english language as we know it is under threat. Not from social media, but quite simply for linguistic evolution. The english that we speak today has borrowed heavily from numerous languages, including latin, greek, french and arabic, amongst others. It has also been influenced by people who couldn’t spell or who thought the previous spelling conventions (if they ever existed) required a good tune-up.
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