Friday, May 05, 2006

oct

字典裏所有oct字頭的字都跟八有關。octagon是八邊形,octet是八重奏,octopus是八爪魚。
偏偏最常用的、知名度最高的october跟八無關,但表達的是同樣跟數字有密切關係的十月。雖說英文有文法,但也有不少例外,將來會不會一種新創的語言,完全沒有漏洞,供全球化使用,以減母語對不同民族的影響呢?

2 Comments:

Blogger laichungleung said...

October was the eighth month in Roman Calendar. I didn't say that, Wikipedia does.

10 May, 2006 02:08  
Blogger Nelson said...

Hail Wikipedia!

12 May, 2006 22:52  

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