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why is it air>airy but fire>fiery
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probably a basic english rule I'm overlooking
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@georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
<Ishizu Ishtar> Because shut up

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@georgia the basic rule of rearranging and dropping random characters
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@georgia I'm guessing it's to preserve the number of syllables: air is one syllable but fire is two, hence airy is two syllables and fiery is three
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@georgia with a more "normal" spelling system they might be spelled air, fiyer, airy, and fiyery
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@genmaicha @georgia also one is a french word and one is a german word
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@georgia @amerika @genmaicha i thought it was a joke because 'deport' is a french word
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@lain @georgia @genmaicha

oui but more seriously we have to send the frogs back
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@georgia "Firy" is also valid if you don't like it
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fire has an e and air doesn't, the e needs to go somewhere
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