Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic how strange Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]ElephantStone[/m] at 10:14 am on May 11, 2008[quote]i was just working away at my french and i looked in my dictionary to see what the french word for answer is (which is "reponse" if youre interested) and it struck me: Why the hell is the letter "w" in the word ans[b]w[/b]er? Where did it come from?[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post ElephantStone Posted at 10:14 am on May 11, 2008 i was just working away at my french and i looked in my dictionary to see what the french word for answer is (which is "reponse" if youre interested) and it struck me: Why the hell is the letter "w" in the word answer? Where did it come from?

Replies idontgivea Posted at 9:52 pm on May 13, 2008 most Germanic languages are like that. German and English both have words that are pronouced differntly than spelled. such as in  German  Guten abend (good evening) is prounuced in English alphabet as Gooten Ahhbent. It dont even make since in the German Alphabet much less the English one. And the German word UND (and) is prounouced oont in the English alphabet. what the fuck where these people thinking when they made these languages? Torpid Kitten Posted at 10:18 am on May 11, 2008 I'm still trying to figure out why it's 'Phoenix' and not 'Pheonix' =/ Bobster the Lobster Posted at 10:17 am on May 11, 2008 Hmmm, the many mysteries of our grammatically incorrect language. Change The World1990 Posted at 10:16 am on May 11, 2008 The world would implode on itself if that question was answered...just let it go Latin Muscle Posted at 10:16 am on May 11, 2008 Good question All 5 previous replies displayed.