abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down1·12 days agoMost “silent” letters have some effect on the pronunciation of the word. They aren’t there for no reason.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·12 days agoI ain’t never seen no double negative work like that before
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoIt doesn’t necessarily make a non-negative, but I’m not disliking it none.
minus-squareBoxscape@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days 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.
“Drive thru”