33: Why spelling is hard — but also hard to change
Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics ›32:22 | Jun 20th, 2019
Why does “gh” make different sounds in “though” “through” “laugh” “light” and “ghost”? Why is there a silent “k” at the beginning of words like “know” and “knight”? And which other languages also have...Show More
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jhawthorne recommended:Sep 29th, 2020
I love the concept of this show! Language nerds ftw
mm recommended:Oct 2nd, 2020
So much interesting info about the origins of how words are spelled! I didn't know the circumflex in French is a marker that there was a previous "s" that was dropped from the language! Like "hostel" in French is "hôtel"! Makes *so* much more sense now.
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