abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 21 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoMost “silent” letters have some effect on the pronunciation of the word. They aren’t there for no reason.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoI ain’t never seen no double negative work like that before
minus-squareBoxscape@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days ago I ain’t never seen no double negative work like that before
Most “silent” letters have some effect on the pronunciation of the word. They aren’t there for no reason.
I ain’t never seen no double negative work like that before