It’s actually really easy to remember when considering the Proto-West Germanic etymology, one comes from *hwār, the othe from *hwaʀ. Just apply regular sound changes to find the modern form!
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observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato [moved to piefed] movies@lemm.ee•‘The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie’ Sets HBO Max Premiere Date - 27th JuneEnglish21·2 months agoI watched it, was mid. I was hoping for something more adult oriented.
It’s a pretty interesting video actually.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato [Migrated, see pinned post] Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•Chillin in the hospital, give me things to do pleaseEnglish6·3 months agoMy thoughts exactly 😂
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Trudeau announces $3.9B high speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto12·5 months agoWith that kind of money Doug Ford can build almost 4% of the tunnel under the 401.
That’s very unfortunate but hopefully you developed skills that will help you in your future career.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato History@mander.xyz•1,900-year-old papyrus 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'3·5 months agoSo the document had been classified as written in Nabataean, but it’s unclear if that turned out not to be the case in the end?
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato Linux@lemmy.world•Linux: the only OS that uses less disk space after an update?English932·6 months agoI’m so used to it I never realized it’s unusual.
No, it’s not normal getting a fax in 2025.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Everyone look! I got a picture of the Rosetta Stone7·6 months agoThat’s actually interesting!
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Happy Birthday, Celsius! Canada marks 50 years of metric-Imperial measurements8·6 months agoBrian Mulroney looks up at us from hell and smiles about the mess he caused.
Maiar is the plural
Freeze them! Frozen banana is even better than fresh in milkshake.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato Lord of the memes@midwest.social•When will it get its own trilogy?English82·8 months agoSam also had the ring for a short time (longer than Déagol)
Gothmog was possibly not an orc 😜
observantTrapezium@lemmy.caOPto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that Inuvik, NWT is the largest town in Canada whose antipodal point lies within AntarcticaEnglish3·9 months agoWhile 50 is north enough and the absolute majority of Canadians live south of it, “Northern Canada” generally refers to the three territories (as opposed to the ten provinces), that start at 60 (mostly, there are some islands south of that).
Could it be High Park in Toronto? I was just there yesterday and saw a Great Egret much like this one (also a Green Heron and a couple of beavers).
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.'English5·10 months agoAs it should be… Navigators could determine latitudes pretty accurately by using astronomy. It was the longitude that was a big problem (maybe that’s part of the reason Japan is placed in the middle of the Pacific).
Was that really on CP24? Kinda doubt.