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I always wondered why we have useless letters that play no purpose in most of the english language.

For example:

Knife

What the f*&^ is the "k" for?

You'd say neef otherwise, hehe.

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Originally Posted by Mordelain

You'd say neef otherwise, hehe.

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...are you trying to tell me I pronounce it wrong

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Originally Posted by TheOnlyGhost

I always wondered why we have useless letters that play no purpose in most of the english language.

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I think they are throwbacks from olde style. Knit and knife probably have a similar origin, something that goes through something. Although with English often you get word deviations from other language to confuse things. I did a quick look, Cut and Knife have similar origins, although cut seems to normally mean a smaller version of knife, however, both words have since split and now you cut with a knife.

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cut (v.)
late 13c., possibly Scandinavian, from North Germanic *kut- (cf. Swedish dialectal kuta "to cut," kuta "knife," Old Norse kuti "knife"), or from Old French couteau "knife." Replaced Old English ceorfan (see carve (v.)), sniþan, and scieran (see shear).

knife (n.)
late Old English cnif, probably from Old Norse knifr, from Proto-Germanic *knibaz (cf. Middle Low German knif, Middle Dutch cnijf, German kneif), of uncertain origin. To further confuse the etymology, there also are forms in -p-, e.g. Dutch knijp, German kneip. French canif "penknife" (mid-15c.) is borrowed from Middle English or Norse.

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