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Many words used to be pronounced differently in the past. So the extra letters are sort of a relict of language development. Some regional accents may still pronounce on or the other of these.
And don't forget that English is a mixture Language, influenced by Celtic Gaelic, Cymraeg (Welsh), Bretonic, Latin, Nordic (Viking), Saxon, French and several other European languages... Everyone imported their words, and people modified it until it was pronuncable.
Autumn is from Latin "autumnus" The Italian word is autunno, in Spanish it's otoño, and in Porugese it is outono.
So that -nus syllable in the end of autumnus that's where the n came from. English still writes it but doesn't pronounce it. Other Languages dropped the m and only kept the n.
because autum makes no sense and with correct pronunciation the n can be herd.
one of my mates in newcastle has had elocution lessons when he was a kid and his english is perfect.
you mean the last letter, Same with damn and some other words. You wonder who actually put the spelling to some words, cause it doesnt sound anything how its pronounced
Yep... damn weird spellings.
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many of those have been corrected since the 20th century.
did you know that "dog" was originally spelled as "dogge"?
Yeah, I don't get that. Like with plumber and dumb, the b and the d aren't pronounced.
I know!!! Its really annoying how words are spelled and pronounced!
I know!!! Its really annoying how words are spelled and pronounced!
Yep. They simply loved long words during medieval times.
In "damn" you don't speak the n in "damnation" you do. :-/
really, thats interesting
to be differnt!!
