The i in fruit...

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

The i in fruit is silent. How come I haven't realized this before?
What other words have been screwing with us?

[👾]

It isn't, or do you pronounce "frut" in the same way?

[L1qu1dator]

Django. The D is silent. :P

[👾]

Why do people say "brekfst" instead of breakfast?

[Sidakte]

tranquillity. the u is silent.

[Xero_Daxter]

Fun fact but the color orange was named after the fruit.

[Tristin]

Q-T_3.14.exe a écrit :

The i in fruit is silent. How come I haven't realized this before?
What other words have been screwing with us?

Too many to say. That is English. It's a chaotic.

[Stakanov]

Q-T_3.14.exe a écrit :

The i in fruit is silent. How come I haven't realized this before?
What other words have been screwing with us?

In my language the i is not absent, there are languages called Barbaric and others evolved for a reason...

Come to think of it, in my language it's the t that's absent.

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The word weird is spelled weird, since it goes against the I before E rule.

[Goose]

Dr. Johnny Fever a écrit :

The word weird is spelled weird, since it goes against the I before E rule.

fun fact about the i before e "rule", there are more words that do not adhere to the rule than those that do!
it's complete BS.

[Let it all out]

Frewt.

[👾]

Pumpkin a écrit :

Frewt.

Thississe blahck mahmba, izza varry dayngerus snaik

[Morkonan]

Q-T_3.14.exe a écrit :

The i in fruit is silent. How come I haven't realized this before?
What other words have been screwing with us?

"froot" - fix't

[👾]

Morkonan a écrit :

Q-T_3.14.exe a écrit :

The i in fruit is silent. How come I haven't realized this before?
What other words have been screwing with us?

"froot" - fix't

froot luips

[Birds]

there was an extensive period of linguistic revsion meant to de-frenchify and de-germanize the language. mixd results.

[tom tomorrow]

lankaras a écrit :

Why do people say "brekfst" instead of breakfast?

Because it comes from "break fast". You're literally "breaking the fast". First meal after ~8 hours sleep.