LL-L "Orthography" 2010.08.06 (02) [EN]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>

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



Strange that all the island Lowlands have lost the "k", and as far as I
know, all the mainland varieties have kept it.



It would be interesting to know when we lost it; spelling isn't much use
since we still write it today.  If I had to guess, I'd say Chaucer
pronounced it and Shakespeare didn't, but that would be complete
speculation.



Paul

Derby

England



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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>

Subject: Orthography



Paul,

I wonder if the /k/ before /n/ got lost during Norman times, since initial
/kn/ is a non-permissible sequence in Romance languages. So it may already
have happened by Chaucer's time, at least in prestige varieties of English.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA



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