@abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-square44fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"@abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretatelinkfedilink80•3 months agoMost “silent” letters have some effect on the pronunciation of the word. They aren’t there for no reason.
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink15•3 months agoI ain’t never seen no double negative work like that before
minus-squaretatelinkfedilink5•3 months agoIt doesn’t necessarily make a non-negative, but I’m not disliking it none.
minus-square@Threeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•3 months agoAnd I ain’t never seen no double negative not work like that before!
minus-squareBoxscapelinkfedilink2•3 months 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
It doesn’t necessarily make a non-negative, but I’m not disliking it none.
And I ain’t never seen no double negative not work like that before!
“Drive thru”