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popeter45 t1_jcdpu6g wrote

So how many of the LL are just Welsh words/places?

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glidespokes t1_jcejo3e wrote

Probably not all of them because spanish exists.

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[deleted] t1_jcepbx7 wrote

There's also lots of double Ls in English; such as pull, allow, traveller...

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glidespokes t1_jces3pn wrote

Same in german. There (and English too I believe?) it simply means the preceding vowel is pronounced short.

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[deleted] t1_jcf02vn wrote

As with so many other 'rules' of English, there's lots of exceptions

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