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Just learned the real reason they chose EIGHT HOURS a night as the standard of sleep time, and it all makes so much SENSE now...
N+8
N+eight= night - English
N+huit= nuit - French
N+acht= nacht - German
N+otto= notte - Italian
N+oito= noite - Portuguese
N+ocho= oche - Spanish
PROVE THEM WRONG π³
Just learned the real reason they chose EIGHT HOURS a night as the standard of sleep time, and it all makes so much SENSE now...
N+8
N+eight= night - English
N+huit= nuit - French
N+acht= nacht - German
N+otto= notte - Italian
N+oito= noite - Portuguese
N+ocho= oche - Spanish
PROVE THEM WRONG π³
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fuckin' typos fuckin' with my flow.
It seems like such an obvious feature!
Very clever!
See me after class.
The English and German words derive from the same PIE root, but took a different path
Eight = ocht
N+8 = nocht
Nocht = naked
Hmm.
Vindic-eight-ed.
Nicked off reddit:
It is 100% a coincidence that the ancestor word for "night" (*nΓ³kΚ·ts) and the ancestor word for "eight" (*oαΈ±tαΉw) are very similar to each other.
You're bumming my high.