We speaking folk certainly do know how to mutilate languages AND, yes, I'm certainly guilty...my apologies, but I'm trying!!
I recently noticed -as I overheard some ladies in a store communicating with the clerk, just how precise and accurate were their translations to English. ( I believe that they were most comfortable with the French language.) Of course, I'm referring to proper speech, not the idioms so commonly used in this age. From Cro Magnon's grunts of, "Ugh Yummat,' or, "Joe, please go away. " - to -"Yo Dude, take a hike," language seems to be evolving into, well, I'm not sure into what it is evolving!!
Searching, I came across a few words that we've allowed for the demise of, ...or correctly...'to which we have been the demise.' Let's begin with;
PEA - This word was originally "pease." The 's' at the end was mistaken for plural and dropped over time. (The Scottish may well have said, " You dropped one pease.")
APRON - This one found its roots in Old French and was originally "napron." Misheard as "an apron," the 'n' was eventually dropped...around the 1600s. ("You're napron has a spot the size of Texas on it!")
UMPIRE - As in the above, this also began with the 'n' sound. From the Middle French,"nonpere" became "ompere." (Soooo... "You're out!!")
NICKNAME - Meaning, 'added name,' the 'n' traveled from the "an" in "an ekename." ("You can call me Fred and you can call me Ted...")
CHERRY - The Old French used the singular "cherise" as a plural, so they dropped that pesky 's.' ( "I'd love some Jubilee.")
ALLIGATOR - The Spanish explorers may have been eaten by "el lagarto" in the New World. We English types morphed this noun into "alligator." ("See ya later..")
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Let's end with a bit of language levity ...
"It takes many ingredients to make Burger King great but, the secret is in our people."
Butcher's sign- "Try our sausages, none like them."
Tee Hee.
