Apparently it's a new agey sort of American thing that (deliberately?) misunderstands the etymology of the word 'morning'. (Ie they say it sounds like 'mourning' and mourning = negative = bad, it really does appear to be this silly lol)
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I didn’t think about that but good example of the power of language. Kinda crazy nostr:npub1vemf09ljxzeanx2ht7wzzenphchw3yvjzzp6a4pdp8k8v6qj58xs43mz3k was talking about this the other day.
Better believe it. That comment just reinforced my believe in this wicked language
I’m curious to know how prevalent these things are in other languages. I doubt it’s only English.
i suppose it's superstition, but this is apparently quite a recent phenomenon, and pretty much only in america as far as i can tell. i've only ever seen people online say this.
in a way it's similar to some jewish people not pronouncing the word of G-d. (although i hear this is to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain - you can't take the name in vain if you never ever ever say or spell the name).
although the grand rising example is based on "morning" sounding like "mourning"... which i don't know, i'm not american or a new ager, but it sounds pretty silly to me.
I have no energy nor want to go into this tbh