LL-L "Orthography" 2010.08.05 (01) [EN]

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From: Michael Everson <everson at evertype.com>

Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2010.08.04 (04) [EN]



Of course Knight and Night are pronounced distinctly. Knight has a silent k.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/



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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>

Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2010.08.04 (04) [EN]



> From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
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> Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2010.08.04 (01) [EN-NL]
>

> No difference at all in Standard English, and in any dialects I know
> in England. I'm not sure if any Scots still pronounce the "k" in words
> like knight, knife, knee etc.



There are a few Scottish dialects, around Tayside I think, where it's
pronounced "t", as if saying "tnife" for "knife" &c, otherwise, not.

I don't know if this is still current, but I've seen "knock" (clock)
written "tnock" by some mid-twentieth century female poet (I just can't
remember who, though it's in my collection somewhere!).

Scottish writers tend to write in a fairly standard way compared to how
they speak, and just because a writer writes "knock" &c doesn't mean he
doesn't say "tnock", however.


Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/



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