It's nothing to do with `well`, it's to do with `will`: "come if you will" / "I wish you to come". It's Germanic in origin.

optimism

that’s what my son says every other day. actually his exact words are English is dumb — he learnt this sentence from YouTube 😭

> English is fascinating ;)

correction: English makes no sense 😅

SimpleStacker

yup I need to find out more. thanks for the heads-up

"Great vowel shift" made English as it is today. Words sound not like they are spelled

030e0dca83

 with only one l when well has two l’s.

Excellent question - and I don’t know the answer. 

 asked a few English teachers. One of them did some research and ventured that it was a result of olden English. Initially, these words were separate words. However, when combined with other words, they dropped one l in the process. That’s why we have words like although and altogether and welcome.

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saloon

My son asked why we spell *welcome* with only one l when well has two l’s.

Excellent question - and I don’t know the answer. *Hastily* asked a few English teachers. One of them did some research and ventured that it was a result of olden English. Initially, these words were separate words. However, when combined with other words, they dropped one l in the process. That’s why we have words like although and altogether and welcome.

English is fascinating ;)