abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAgrivar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 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-up1·13 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.