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Jun 3, 2024 at 5:43pm
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Re: QOTD: Monday, June 3rd
Factual: because we do not pronounce them the way they were in the original language. For example, the "gn-" at the start of "gnome" has a glottal, back of the throat initial sound in the old European tongue. Sorry. Boring, I know.

However...

Reality: It is all down to a cabal of English teachers and lexicographers who are doing everything in their power to make English incomprehensible so they will always be in a job...
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