• Nelots@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I don’t mind silent e’s, they do actually change the way words are pronounced at least.

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        4 months ago

        In that persons comment, they removed several “silent” e’s, but all but one changed the word’s pronunciation. I was talking about them. Like the E in hate. It doesn’t make a sound itself, so isn’t it still silent?

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          4 months ago

          It’s not silent, but in the wrong place. Haet would be more correct, as it changes the pronunciation from [hæt] to [heɪt]. Hait might be an even better way to write it (see also: bait, maid, laid etc.)

          English is a weird language.