Re: OT: "kluge"/"kludge"

Nokta Kanto scripsit:

> This is interesting. I thought kluge, kludge were just variant spellings;
> turns out they have two different etymologies. I wonder if there are many
> other cases of two different words evolving into one. It seems to violate
> the laws of thermodynamics.
_Cleave_ 'split' and _cleave_ 'adhere' were different words in Old English;
the noun _sound_ is from Latin _sonus_, whereas the adjective _sound_ is
from Latin _sanus_.

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