EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 5 MIN
TWTS: When "f" and "v" were sort of one
from That's What They Say · host Rebecca Hector, Anne Curzan
If you know how the sound "f" worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the "f" in "leaf" turns into a "v" in the plural form "leaves."
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