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• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Knight” used to be pronounced with the “K.” It was always there, it’s not pronouncing it that’s new.

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh yeah I confused it with some other word.

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Receipt” is a good example. A silent “P” was shoved in there to make it seem more fancy.

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      • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s a better one!

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    • seth@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Probably “night,” which is also properly pronounced with the leading K sound.

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