Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 7 months agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldFlying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square197fedilink
minus-squareno banana linkfedilink9•edit-27 months agoYep. It is indeed. Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason. Sweden also has an island called Öland which means island land.
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•7 months ago“Knight” used to be pronounced with the “K.” It was always there, it’s not pronouncing it that’s new.
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months ago“Receipt” is a good example. A silent “P” was shoved in there to make it seem more fancy.
minus-square@seth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•7 months agoProbably “night,” which is also properly pronounced with the leading K sound.
Yep. It is indeed.
Same with the K in knight, which was added for no fucking reason.Sweden also has an island called Öland which means island land.“Knight” used to be pronounced with the “K.” It was always there, it’s not pronouncing it that’s new.
Oh yeah I confused it with some other word.
“Receipt” is a good example. A silent “P” was shoved in there to make it seem more fancy.
That’s a better one!
Probably “night,” which is also properly pronounced with the leading K sound.