abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAgrivar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoI’m glad I checked Wikipedia before just talking out my ass, as the attribution is less clear than I thought, but the first I heard of this was in Phish circles back in the 90s!
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoYeah, that’s why I was remiss to give an attribution.
I’m glad I checked Wikipedia before just talking out my ass, as the attribution is less clear than I thought, but the first I heard of this was in Phish circles back in the 90s!
Yeah, that’s why I was remiss to give an attribution.