| ▲ | left-struck 4 hours ago |
| I wonder why the e is needed on the end of knife or nyfe. Seems to me the way you pronounce it would be the same with or without |
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| ▲ | gnabgib 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| niff without the e. (see: life, wife, fife, strife) The k is arguable (but you can find eloquent people who enunciate it) |
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| ▲ | left-struck 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I would argue that if we’re going to simplify English we should use one letter for i as in the sound used in knife, and one letter for i as in the sound used in niff, rather than having some other letter in a completely different part of the word (and later in the word no less!) modify the sound. How ridiculous our language is! | | |
| ▲ | gnabgib 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Mhm mhm, a lot of fixes ahead.. what's your plan on sow, sew and so? You, ewe and yew (bonus: eww)? Or live and live/lead and lead (context dependence means you can never be sure) |
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| ▲ | lowdownbutter 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| but that's the magic e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI9hHo9_QB8 |
