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10 words we've forgotten how to pronounce
Although English spelling is famously weird, there are at least some words that anyone learning English will easily get right — words like black, board, boat, clap, coat, cup, and hand. But put cup and board together and you get cupboard, which rhymes with Hubbard. Add kerchief to hand and you say it "hankerchif." Clearly English spelling is an evil trap devised to make the unaware look bad. "You said 'hand ker chief'? Oh. Ha ha. How terrible for you."
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There's only 2 that I apparently would have mispronounced, blackguard and victual, however being from the south saying 'vittles' is common, but we don't normally spell it as victual.