it’s probably because it’s the sound that takes the least effort and uses the least muscles in the mouth/tongue so over time has followed the path of least resistance
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Think the most common vowel sound is schwa, and the letter E is common for writing it down (‘painter’, ‘driver’ etc), so loads of the Es you see aren’t Es, they’re moonlighting
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Gonna grass them up
Easiest to say while excited/from Yorkshire
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Was reading about this recently. Think “ee” is one of the first vowels people say in order. Deeper vowels like “u” are last
