a) Why is it an umbrella but a universe and a unicycle?
ii) Why does a plural exist for UNIverse? Or for that matter for UNItards and UNIversity?
3) Is it just me or is this the longest January ever? Like, it's been going for a good 50 days now, is that normal? Also I can't sleep, is that normal? What about the elephant sat on my be-oh, he, sorry, SHE says that's normal and I should have a lie down... Okey dokey lokey!
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Umbrella - or oombereller as it's properly pronounced - derives from the latin umbra, or shadow. It's [***] all to do with uni- or one.
Hence the difference ..........
All questions are answered somewhere on the internet
(short version, it depends how the "u" is pronounced)
https://www.quora.com/Why-dont-we-use-an-before-a-hard-u-sound-like-in-U...
It is a Numbrella, a Yuniverse, and a Yunicycle. Where is the difficulty again?
And there has to be a plural for universes due to the possibility of alternatives.
There isn't a difficulty if you follow the link I already posted (which actually explains things clearly instead of leaving someone who is claiming sleep deprivation to puzzle it out like you have)It is a Numbrella, a Yuniverse, and a Yunicycle. Where is the difficulty again?