Gork@sopuli.xyz to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIt all makes sense now.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down15
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minus-squareBigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoWhat’s up with the ‘u’? I get that the second character advances one position in the alphabet, that pattern holds until ‘q’ which is “qu”
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoThat’s because u is q’s emotional support letter. They don’t like to go anywhere without her.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoExcept when q really focuses its mind and can support itself solely on its inner qi.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou may be joking but that’s basically it yeah
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s a rule in English that “q” is followed by a “u”. Always. Really. That’s why people like Lovecraft ignored that rule to seem exotic So someone decided to follow the rule, probably didn’t even think about it. “Q” alone just seemed wrong.
What’s up with the ‘u’? I get that the second character advances one position in the alphabet, that pattern holds until ‘q’ which is “qu”
That’s because u is q’s emotional support letter. They don’t like to go anywhere without her.
Except when q really focuses its mind and can support itself solely on its inner qi.
You may be joking but that’s basically it yeah
It’s a rule in English that “q” is followed by a “u”. Always. Really. That’s why people like Lovecraft ignored that rule to seem exotic
So someone decided to follow the rule, probably didn’t even think about it. “Q” alone just seemed wrong.
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