@merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 months agoIf you could experience one historical event firsthand, which would it be and why?message-square101fedilinkarrow-up1115file-text
arrow-up1115message-squareIf you could experience one historical event firsthand, which would it be and why?@merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilink6•3 months agoAt least “subtle” is ultimately from Latin, and the Latin word (subtilis) does have a /b/. There are worse cases - like the “s” in “island”. It was never pronounced.
minus-square@can@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilink6•3 months ago the “s” in “island”. It was never pronounced. I think I can confidently say there is someone out there somewhere that pronounces it.
minus-square@glimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•3 months agoCaptain, I think we’ve hit a reef! No…is land!
At least “subtle” is ultimately from Latin, and the Latin word (subtilis) does have a /b/.
There are worse cases - like the “s” in “island”. It was never pronounced.
I think I can confidently say there is someone out there somewhere that pronounces it.
Captain, I think we’ve hit a reef!
No…is land!