Succeed

What sort of asshole concocted that fuckin' word, "succeed"? The fucking thing has both sides of an irritating inconsistency in English right in the word. It's the same fucking consonant, why is it being pronounced two different ways?

Posted Oct 02 2009, 05:27 AM by The Great Cretaceous Bob

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DeathMetalJesus wrote re: Succeed
on Fri, Oct 2 2009 5:33 AM

It was originally added to the English language several hundred years ago, when it was widely believed by the poulation that to do well in life required the daily practice of sucking seeds. 'Suckseed' however seemed too literal to be applied to a word generally meaing to do well, so low and behold, succeed was born.

DeathMetalJesus wrote re: Succeed
on Fri, Oct 2 2009 5:33 AM

that would be lo and behold, not low.

Karl J wrote re: Succeed
on Sat, Oct 3 2009 6:22 PM

That just feels like a Balderdash answer.  But given how nutty it sounds, it's probably true.