[Xophmeister]

OT but this isn't the first time I've seen someone mistake the verb "delve" with "dwelve":

> ...we started dwelving into the code base...

The author may not be a native speaker, but this is far from a judgement on their English. I'm just curious about the provenance of this mistake, given the scarcity of words that begin with "dw". At first I thought it was a typo -- especially on a QWERTY keyboard -- but I've seen it often enough to question this.

[leonheld]

>I'm just curious about the provenance of this mistake

Because of English pronunciation (pronounciation? :-P). English is extremely irregular, there are a thousand of footguns in the language - both spoken and written -, so as non-native speakers we tend to make small mistakes that stick to our brains like glue, and it's very hard to get rid of (rid off? :-P).

For me it kinda makes sense to say "dwelve" because it reminds me of "dwarfs" (dwarves? :-P) that live underground!

[Xophmeister]

Dwindling dwarves dwell dweep :)

[leonheld]

btw, as a non-native, I also cannot understand why some native speakers confuse the use of "you're, your" or "there, their" or even "through, tough". To me they sound completely different!

[Majromax]

A Reddit thread on r/grammar (https://www.reddit.com/r/grammar/comments/fxahta/does_the_wo...) involves a poster asking a genuine question about the alleged word 'dwelve'. The answering commenter speculates that the author is conflating 'delve' and 'dwell'.

Another comment, added years later, admits the same confusion.

[wccrawford]

IMO, people learn language by seeing/hearing it used. And the internet is rife with misuse of language.

My particular pet peeve is using "weary" instead of "wary" or "leery". I've started to hear it spoke in youtube videos now, too, so it's not just a typo.

[sdoering]

And I learned something. Just threw it into deepl to understand the translation. Thanks for pointing it out. Would have tripped me probably.