Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
by billbrown on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:05AM
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Mine was "hitherto." I was quite deep into my 30s before I found out it wasn't pronounced "hit-hurt-oh."
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"Albeit" was the one for me. After 20 years of speaking the language, I realised it's not "all bite" but "ahl-bee-eet".
Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
by jacobolus on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:29PM
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> hitherto
I’m sorry we don’t still have more use of hither, thither, whither, hence, thence, whence, hereby, thereby, whereby, herefore, therefore, wherefore, hereto, thereto, whereto, herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom, hereafter, thereafter, whereafter, herewith, therewith, wherewith, herein, therein, wherein, hereupon, thereupon, whereupon, etc.
They are fun words.