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05-24-2009, 10:27 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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That word...straight. Shouldn't it be strate? Otherwise it's confused with strait. I can't keep it all strate. Spelling is ruining the post.
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05-24-2009, 12:02 PM
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06-05-2009, 08:49 PM
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The reasons are to do with pronunciation in regional accents in England, particularly the north of England. In the Middle Ages, the gh was pronounced, but was later lost. In most places, the consonant simply fell silent and the vowel in the sequence aigh was pronounced identically to the sequence ai, and the same for the similar sequences ei and eigh. However, in some regions the vowel was modified before the consonant was lost. In these regions wait and weight are still pronounced differently. Although I do not know for sure, it is likely that these people pronounce strait and straight differently. If so, these words should remain differentiated in spelling and the current spellings are fine.
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