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            “My favorite relic English still used everywhere is the word "the" used in phrases like: "the more I look at this, the stranger it seems', or "the bigger they come, the harder they fall". This "the" is not the article of any noun, it is a different word, a conjunction descended from the old English "pa", pronounced "tha" which means either "when" or "then". Back in early Middle English the structure "if - then" had not taken over and if you wanted to express an if - then relationship you said "pa whatever, pâ whatever", meaning "when such-and-such, then such-and-such". "ba" sounds almost the same as "the" and the spelling of the two converged, but the meaning remained totally different. "the more, the merrier" literally means "when more, then merrier" or "if more, then merrier'; same as centuries ago.” 
- Hal Sawyer (Reddit Post).
   

Taken on: November 5, 2021

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Camera: Leica Camera AG M8 Digital Camera, f/23.0, 1/750 sec, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Leica Camera AG M8 Digital Camera
Aperture:	f/23.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/750)
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Windows)
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