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When you look at the etymology that's clearly a misspelling that has stuck somehow.
by chrisseaton 5y ago
When you look at the etymology that's clearly a misspelling that has stuck somehow.
- gbear605 5y agoLots of modern English words arose from misspellings (and mishearings) - if one becomes popular, it becomes an English word. That’s how languages evolve, otherwise we’d still be speaking Proto-Indo-European.
- andrewzah 5y agoPlenty of words are like that. "Apron" was originally "napron" but due to confusion from "a napron" sounding like "an apron" it changed that way. I personally have always said "kerfluffle", not kerfuffle.