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TIL that the English ‘Gh’ in words like “Night” or “Eight” wasn’t originally silent, and was pronounced like the ‘Ch’ in the German words “Nacht” and “Acht”. Scots(a language derived from Middle English), still pronounced the Gh sound.

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