Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoAnd 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?
minus-squareEiri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI’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!
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?
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!