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350: Fully Two Selves

Dear Hank & John

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Did Silent Letters Not Be Silent?

When in the history of the English language, do you think that people got stabbed with canives? There was no word for light until the 17th century. Some words with silent letters didn't exist until recently. But they're based on words that used to exist. You don't make nobody makes up words from scratch.

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