Cwtch is weirder I believe, because it not only comes from Welsh with its W as a vowel, but it comes from a Welsh word that has to use English spelling rules to be written both in Welsh (“cwtsh”) and in its English borrowing; not to mention that it itself came from Middle English “couche” which of course came from Norman. It’s a cute word though!
“Cwm”
One of a few words that use W as a vowel. (This is how the word “Pwn” works too)
I want to argue about that being technically Welsh, but I was coming in here to say foie gras and that’s French as fuck so fair enough I guess.
Literally my first comment on Lemmy!
Cwtch is weirder I believe, because it not only comes from Welsh with its W as a vowel, but it comes from a Welsh word that has to use English spelling rules to be written both in Welsh (“cwtsh”) and in its English borrowing; not to mention that it itself came from Middle English “couche” which of course came from Norman. It’s a cute word though!
A Welshman about to traverse a steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley: “Oh baby I’m gonna cwm!”
All I heard was “head” ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)