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applegrove

(128,969 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 11:24 PM Sep 2023

English is hard. There is one silent "K" in knight.


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English is hard. There is one silent "K" in knight.

There are 4 silent "K"s in knick knack.

There are 3 silent "K"s in Republican.
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English is hard. There is one silent "K" in knight. (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2023 OP
And there are exceptions to almost every rule. Bev54 Sep 2023 #1
Don't get me started ... aggiesal Sep 2023 #4
Read the third line. applegrove Sep 2023 #11
Read the third line. applegrove Sep 2023 #10
I thought claudette Sep 2023 #12
IDK, those KKKs in Republikkkan are getting louder and louder... Wounded Bear Sep 2023 #2
Yeah, some of them spit those Ks at ya like an AK47. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #15
or rePutiKKKan ffr Sep 2023 #3
Can even get through the fucking numbers. One has a "w" that isn't fucking there. And two has one SoFlaBro Sep 2023 #5
Read the third line. applegrove Sep 2023 #9
🤣🤣🤣ever since the hoods came out, been using "refuKKKchickens" as my go-to👍 bringthePaine Sep 2023 #6
... Celerity Sep 2023 #7
... Celerity Sep 2023 #8
I see what you did there! calimary Sep 2023 #13
Nailed it!! PortTack Sep 2023 #14
Those silent letters have become audible EYESORE 9001 Sep 2023 #16
Bwah! Blue Owl Sep 2023 #17
That is choice, Grade A political humor Prairie_Seagull Sep 2023 #18

aggiesal

(10,447 posts)
4. Don't get me started ...
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 12:56 AM
Sep 2023

As a freshman in HS, I had an English teacher that pushed English rules.
When I finally got fed up with her rules and said "English has no rules"
She asked why I said that and I responded, "Because every rule has multiple examples that breaks the rule. So what good is the actual rule?"

SoFlaBro

(3,704 posts)
5. Can even get through the fucking numbers. One has a "w" that isn't fucking there. And two has one
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 01:08 AM
Sep 2023

and doesn't fucking need the goddamn "w".

EYESORE 9001

(29,209 posts)
16. Those silent letters have become audible
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 03:35 AM
Sep 2023

You can hear the ‘KKK’, and it’s getting even louder.

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