To answer the question, tho, "naked" is from the Old English word "nacod"; to be uncovered or unprotected, and so the "e" retains a similar vowel sound to the original word, whereas "baked" comes from "to bake", and the "e" was never pronounced when conjugated (it does stem from the word "bacan", but that is the infinitive version).
I hate that all the retards use computers now. Back when computers were expensive and only did useful things if you were computer literate the Internet had barely any idiots.
The answer is that language is not designed and therefore doesn't need to make sense. Hamburgers don't contain ham, you drive in a parkway etc. etc.
English is not unique in this regard, but people that only know a single language obviously wouldn't know.
Also, people trying to make sense of language and invent grammar in the hopes everyone else will follow their made-up rules are the worst.
This reminds me about that one Chinese movie where the ruler lamented that his language has 16 different characters that all mean "sword" and surely the world would be better if there only was a single character that meant "sword". It came up in conversation since someone was proud to have created a 17th character that also means sword.
The ham- in hamburger isn't related to the meat, it's related to the word 'home'. Meat between bread is what you got on the Hamburg America Line when you came to America in the last half of the 19th century.
How do you explain "regardless" and "irregardless" meaning the same thing and yes, the latter is an actual word and not a mistake. Same thing with "flammable" and "inflammable".
My point is just that language makes no sense and it doesn't have to. I still remember when dialing numbers and hanging up the phone on someone made sense, which is no longer the case with most phones.
'Irregardless' is a really funny one. It was invented by a guy who had a syndicated comic strip I forget which one to make fun of the sort of people who use words like 'irregardless'.
I think a better example of what you're on about is the word 'cleave' because there's no fuckery with that one and yet is means two absolutely opposite things, to split apart and to graft together.
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Long live the English!
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English is not unique in this regard, but people that only know a single language obviously wouldn't know.
Also, people trying to make sense of language and invent grammar in the hopes everyone else will follow their made-up rules are the worst.
This reminds me about that one Chinese movie where the ruler lamented that his language has 16 different characters that all mean "sword" and surely the world would be better if there only was a single character that meant "sword". It came up in conversation since someone was proud to have created a 17th character that also means sword.
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My point is just that language makes no sense and it doesn't have to. I still remember when dialing numbers and hanging up the phone on someone made sense, which is no longer the case with most phones.
[ + ] VitaminSieg
[ - ] VitaminSieg 0 points 1.4 yearsDec 31, 2023 00:47:18 ago (+0/-0)*
I think a better example of what you're on about is the word 'cleave' because there's no fuckery with that one and yet is means two absolutely opposite things, to split apart and to graft together.
Edit. autocorrects
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[ - ] Wahaha 0 points 1.4 yearsDec 31, 2023 04:51:15 ago (+0/-0)
I read somewhere that irregardless dates back to the 18th century, but comic strips only date back to the 19th century.