Current Events > Why is suddle spelled "s - u - b - t - l - e"?

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Trickfinger
11/11/19 2:34:02 AM
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English is so dumb Ella Mai owe.
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boxington
11/11/19 2:34:53 AM
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*suttle

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VanananaHeyHey
11/11/19 2:35:14 AM
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The b has subtlety.
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Gobstoppers12
11/11/19 2:35:39 AM
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Suhdull
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Questionmarktarius
11/11/19 2:36:31 AM
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it's probably French.
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Trickfinger
11/11/19 2:40:51 AM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Suhdull

There's no h sound
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Gobstoppers12
11/11/19 2:41:52 AM
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Trickfinger posted...
Gobstoppers12 posted...
Suhdull

There's no h sound

You've been pronouncing it wrong, then.
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Trickfinger
11/11/19 2:52:55 AM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Trickfinger posted...
Gobstoppers12 posted...
Suhdull

There's no h sound

You've been pronouncing it wrong, then.

How do you pronounced it theb
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dj1200
11/11/19 3:05:18 AM
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doubt.

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specialkid8
11/12/19 4:19:33 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
it's probably French.


This. I blame pretty much all silent letters and general fuckery in the English language on the French influence.
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Guide
11/12/19 4:20:24 PM
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VanananaHeyHey posted...
The b has subtlety.


heh

it works

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Funkydog
11/12/19 4:21:25 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
it's probably French.

French/Latin
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Deku_Link
11/12/19 4:24:10 PM
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Cough
Laugh
Though
Thought
Tough
Rough
Through
Bough
Dough
Fought

All these are pronounced differently, yet are spelled similarly.
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Trickfinger
11/12/19 8:38:09 PM
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Bump.
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vigorm0rtis
11/12/19 8:43:31 PM
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https://www.etymonline.com/word/subtle

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blablablax17
11/12/19 8:49:25 PM
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Because English is a weird Germanic language with Old Norse, Latin and French influences.
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Illuminoius
11/12/19 8:59:19 PM
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probably because, like in most cases, the now-silent letters were actually voiced at one point
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Trickfinger
11/12/19 9:08:21 PM
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Illuminoius posted...
probably because, like in most cases, the now-silent letters were actually voiced at one point

Ohhhh so at one point it was 'sub-te-lee'
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Funkydog
11/12/19 9:10:41 PM
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Trickfinger posted...
Illuminoius posted...
probably because, like in most cases, the now-silent letters were actually voiced at one point

Ohhhh so at one point it was 'sub-te-lee'

No.

It comes from Latin originally, later French. Originally sub-tilis in Latin and Solti in French.
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Deadpool_18
11/12/19 9:12:47 PM
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i-mutation
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