*word
*bird
*herd
*curd
2006-12-31 19:53:41 · 4 answers · asked by washingtonian3 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The English Language has gone through lots of variations -- and has taken words from many languages. In the case of these four words, they all come from different Middle English words that were originally pronounced differently from one another. As the pronunciation changes, the spelling changed slightly -- but the vowels did not.
Word -- comes from Old English through Old German "Wort"
Bird -- comes from Old English "Bridd"
Herd -- comes from Old English through Old German "Herta"
Curd -- comes from Middle English "Crud"
2006-12-31 20:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we got a screwed up language, just like....
*said
*shed
*head
*red
2007-01-01 04:04:37 · answer #2 · answered by danmonkids 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice question,........
coz.......it rhymes similarly
and by the way there are many such words...--it is english
it is not in gujarati.....
2007-01-01 07:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by dimple 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
english is a stupid language
2007-01-01 04:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by NONAME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋