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lolzz..yea i know that i didnt notice now but long time ago :D
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sure! I mean...sound it out and it sounds really strange! lol
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"your enquiry left me guessing. So I looked up the etymology of "Answer" in the OED online and this is what it says: answer, n. [OE. andswaru, cogn. with OS. antswôr, OFris. (ontswer) ondser, ON. andsvar, annsvar, Dan. and Sw. ansvar, OTeut. *andswarâ-; f. and- against, in reply + *swarâ- affirmation, swearing, f. OTeut. *swarjan, Goth. swaran, OE. sw rian to affirm, swear. The original meaning was thus a solemn affirmation made to rebut a charge.] So it's clear that the "w" comes in from the root "swarjan" to swear - so answer and swear share a common source. It's just that the "w" is now silent. I can't help you with when that happened, but many Elizabethan pronunciations were much more literal than now - which is why they were spelled that way ... " Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/youtellus/messageboard2.shtml
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Yes. Also, for some reason, if someone says one word way too much, that word totally loses all meaning to me.
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