My cousin's 4 year old kid asked me to give her dictations.
Of all the words in the world, I chose talk.
She said, "taak".
I said "talk".
She asked, "Isn't that talk(pronounced like talc)"? Why is there an 'L' unnecessarily?
I said,"L silent".
She said, "So, Why is it there?"
"Someone put it there"
"Why should we use it?"
Bowled.
Maybe you should teach her how to sms first.
ReplyDeleteeven u don't have any idea why they were introduced?
ReplyDeletewikipedia didn't too. :)
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ReplyDeletei can see a jr. sreevatsa praveen in the making
ReplyDeleteBut dictionary.com has an answer!
ReplyDeleteTalk was derived from the word tale with -k suffix.. that's why "l" is present!
jun manda... never..
ReplyDeletecourtesy Prof Munish Mukabula
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talk (v.)
c.1225, talken, probably a dim. or frequentative form related to M.E. tale "story," ultimately from the same source as tale (cf. hark from hear, stalk from steal) and replacing that word as a verb. E.Fris. has talken "to talk, chatter, whisper." To talk shop is from 1854. To talk turkey is from 1824, supposedly from an elaborate joke about a swindled Indian. Talking head is from 1968. Talkative is first recorded 1432. To talk back "answer impudently or rudely" is from 1869.