Timeline for Why is the K silent in 'know' and 'knotty' etc?
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| Jan 3, 2021 at 7:14 | history | edited | Rayan Khan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Edited title to make it easier to search, streamlined the body, edited tags
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| Dec 21, 2017 at 19:49 | vote | accept | Busi | ||
| Dec 21, 2017 at 19:48 | answer | added | user242899 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 18:35 | comment | added | Michael Dorgan | In German, where these words are borrowed (I believe) you do pronounce the k, but us English speakers are lazy and don't like saying things like "kuh-night" instead of "knight" | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 18:07 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Similarly the leading G in gnosis and gnu (except the recursive acronym) and gnarled (which has the synonym knobbly ;) | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 17:21 | comment | added | Lambie | Nothing could be easier to find: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_k | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 17:00 | history | asked | Busi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |