abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up81arrow-down1·6 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-up15arrow-down1·6 days agoI ain’t never seen no double negative work like that before
minus-squareThreeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoAnd I ain’t never seen no double negative not work like that before!
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoIt doesn’t necessarily make a non-negative, but I’m not disliking it none.
minus-squareBoxscape@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 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
And I ain’t never seen no double negative not work like that before!
It doesn’t necessarily make a non-negative, but I’m not disliking it none.
“Drive thru”