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If you could eliminate one letter or combination of two letters from our language, what would it be?

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Posted - January 4, 2022
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  • 53367

     

      (I If)

      January 4, 2022 9:28 AM MST
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  • 19938
    What about the second misspelling?
      January 4, 2022 9:32 AM MST
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  • 53367

     

    Doh!



      You’re officially hired!


     

      January 4, 2022 9:34 AM MST
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  • 19938
    I don't no Randy.  Yoo seam to be falling down on the job.
      January 4, 2022 1:02 PM MST
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  • 53367

     

      Grrrrrrr.
      ~

      January 4, 2022 3:42 PM MST
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  • 53367

     

     

      I nominate the letter combination “kn” that starts many words, which I believe derived from the Dutch/German language group.

      How much money do I win?



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      January 4, 2022 9:33 AM MST
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  • 44540
    1,000,000,000,000,000 Deutsche marks, payable in pre-WWII currency. Good answer. The Germans would pronounce the 'k' as in Knacken. (crack)

    This post was edited by Element 99 at January 4, 2022 3:42 PM MST
      January 4, 2022 11:53 AM MST
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  • 6023
    As I answered the last time this question was asked ... I would get rid of the W.
    The letter is even called a double U, admitting that it is not an independent letter - but a combination created from an existing letter.
      January 4, 2022 1:06 PM MST
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  • 5451
    We could easily get rid of wh.  Everything that use wh could be spelled with just the w or the h and still make sense.
      January 4, 2022 1:53 PM MST
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  • 6023
      January 4, 2022 2:56 PM MST
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  • 44540
    Oddly enough, I pronounce the 'h'.
      January 4, 2022 3:01 PM MST
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  • 16618
    Th. We should revert to using þ to represent the theta sound.
      January 5, 2022 1:59 AM MST
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  • 10684
    The letter C. We have a K and an S, so the C just makes spelling and pronunciation more confusing. 
      January 5, 2022 3:06 AM MST
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  • 44540
    That is my choice.
      January 5, 2022 10:50 AM MST
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