Why isn't the 'w' in 'answers' pronounced? Like...why?

Takes too long...Show more

Mysteries of the ancient story...Show more

So that when it is spoken it is not mistaken for "Ants Were" or "Ants Wear" or "Ants Where"
Examples:
Answer my question!
Ants were my question!

Answer my question!
Ants wear my question.

Answer my question!
Ants? Where my question?...Show more

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Probably part of the cretinous Latinisation of the language a few centuries ago......Show more