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Ann O' Nimity
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Ann O' Nimity asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 2 years ago

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

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  • ..
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Its silent darlin. ;-)

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Takes too long

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Mysteries of the ancient story

  • Devarat
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Peculiarity of English language;

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Because it wants to be silent.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Why do we pronounce an "r" in "colonel"?

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    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?

  • .
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    ansers

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Ansers looks weird

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

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

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