SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days agoQuire should become the correct spelling for the word 'choir'.message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareQuire should become the correct spelling for the word 'choir'.SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·29 days agoA choir is a chorus of singers. It comes from the Greek root khoros. Although it comes from the old French word, quer, its roots are more in the present spelling.
minus-squareLennny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·28 days agoQuer, not to be confused with those that make up a choir, queers.
A choir is a chorus of singers.
It comes from the Greek root khoros.
Although it comes from the old French word, quer, its roots are more in the present spelling.
Quer, not to be confused with those that make up a choir, queers.
And see, this it’s why it’s choir.