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The wonders of English spelling (infosec.pub)

submitted 8 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 24 points 8 months ago (11 children)

People will really say shit about the silent letters in French and then completely ignore the unbelievably inconsistent pronunciation of "gh" in English.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

And why is "kn" even a thing in English?

Knowledge? Knight? Knee? Knapsack? Knitting?

How does that make any sense at all?

Edit" and then there's Gnome! Why isn't it Knome? Or Gnowledge?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'll be honest I've always found it weird that they decided to stop pronouncing those consonants at some point. Those words just sound better with the K pronounced!

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Great voul shift and the Normans.

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