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Topic	Have you ever heard of spelling dilemma with an N?
EndOfDiscOne 09/11/18 10:22:00 PM #16:	RoboLaserGandhi posted... hockeybub89 posted... RoboLaserGandhi posted... It wouldn't even be pronounced dilemma with an n. I mean, I know there is no N in the word, but there are plenty of English words that don't follow its own phonetic rules. There are none with a silent n followed by a vowel (except with suffixes like -ed). And in words with the mn where the n is silent, it becomes pronounced in different forms of the word. For instance, "damnable". Who pronounces the N in damnable? --- I am the Cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than both the salami and the bologna *COMBINED!* <cite>EndOfDiscOne posted [p:908570251] in Have you e... [t:76992336]...</cite> <quote><cite>RoboLaserGandhi posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>RoboLaserGandhi posted...</cite> <quote>It wouldn't even be pronounced dilemma with an n.</quote> I mean, I know there is no N in the word, but there are plenty of English words that don't follow its own phonetic rules.</quote> There are none with a silent n followed by a vowel (except with suffixes like -ed). And in words with the mn where the n is silent, it becomes pronounced in different forms of the word. For instance, "damnable".</quote> Who pronounces the N in damnable? --- I am the Cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than both the salami and the bologna COMBINED!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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