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От : Alexander Koryagin 2:221/6 13 ноя 24 13:34:40
К : Ardith Hinton 13 ноя 24 14:36:01
Тема : Strange a bit
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Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 31.10.2024 02:48
AK>> I suspect that "gn" and "kn" are forgotten English diphthongs,
AK>> like "th".
AH> Hmm. Technically, a diphthong is a two-part vowel sound... "th" is
AH> a consonant digraph in which two letters represent a single sound
AH> (our version of the Old & Middle English thorn)... while "gn"
AH> and "kn" are consonant blends.
And, BTW, "h" and "n" look suspiciously similar. Maybe there were
times when gnash and knife were ghash and khife? Somebody, a not very
sober monk, maybe, made a mistake when writing a book, and in view of
the fact that 98 percent people long ago couldn`t read at all nobody
noticed anything. ;-)
AH>>> I have to keep reminding myself that e.g. the word "venue" is
AH>>> pronounced differently in English & French.... :-))
AK>> Yeah, the French don`t like "e" at the end of words. ;-) As said
AK>> one Russian literature personage "there there is some mystery or a
AK>> perverted tastes". ;-)
AH> From a brief scan of my French/English dictionary I conclude that
AH> the French use "e" at the end of words but probably don`t say it
AH> aloud.
We can guess at why people invented letters at all. ;-)
Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024
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