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[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 5 points 4 days ago

Nah, we just need to go back to the old pronunciation.*

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oFX1nbD3dV0

"Knight" used to be pronounced as it's spelt. "Outside" used to said like oot-si-deh.

*I am actually just kidding about that first part, but I do find it fascinating how much the spoken word has moved away from the originally phonetic spelling.