merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIf you could experience one historical event firsthand, which would it be and why?message-squaremessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareIf you could experience one historical event firsthand, which would it be and why?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 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-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 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-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 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!