Episode 153: Zombie Letters
The History of English Podcast
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The Modern Pronunciation of the Old English Words
A vantage got a new d under the assumption that it also originally had the ad prefix in latin, and a vantage became advantage. A monist became modern admonish. Avocot became modern advocate. Avis became modern advice. Aventure became modern adventure. And aorn became modern adorn. Again, the modern pronunciation hides the fact that a silent d was added to those words because the d isn't silent any more.
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