Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 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-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agobecause it was literally pronounced like that not too long ago, compare “knight” to “knekt” in swedish.
minus-squareEiri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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?
because it was literally pronounced like that not too long ago, compare “knight” to “knekt” in swedish.
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!