The W isn't silent, it has a decoy hiding it. The real W is after the o.
because ONE stole it.
Oh-neh
Twah
Three is fine
Fah-oor
Feevey
Own
Twoah
Three
Fower
Fihv
The ⟨W⟩ is silent now, but it wasn't until 1500 or so. Back then the word was pronounced /two:/; it would almost rhyme with contemporary "toe". But then that /o:/ became /u:/ (the modern pronunciation), due to the Great Vowel Shift, and since /w/ and /u/ are really similar they fused together.
@[email protected] mentioned that in a few associated words that ⟨W⟩ letter still represents an actual /w/ phoneme, note how the following vowel is different - that blocked the "fusion".
Curiously in words related to 'two' the W is often pronounced!
Twin, Twixt, Between, Twelve etc
Twain.
"He split Robin's arrow in twain!"
Oh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
By the argument, is the w in "two" actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like "two" already does.
It sounds exactly like "to" which means the w is silent.
It is not pronounced at all like any of the other example words given.
The last time I was with a woman it was actually twoo, it was quite magical, I tell ya.
Tuwu, what’s this?
UwU
The U is silent
Wait until you learn about words starting with a silent p, like pterodactyl and ptoilet.
ptoilet?
That's gonna phuck with my sychology!
It is sometimes done in German. The word is Zwei, but it's somewhat common to say Zwo instead for clarity. The w is pronounced.
I guess the" tw" sound isn't used as frequently in English. It happens in between.
So, basically the owl from the tootsie roll commercials.
One....ah-ToWHO.....three!
crunch
Okay, unless you want to taunt someone into trying to hijack your Google account or track your info, you should edit your comment link to remove the ? and everything after that.
You do realize the ?si shit is your private YT token right?
My dude, chill. It's 'just' an analytics tracking id.
I do usually remove them before sharing. But no, it's absolutely useless for hijacking an account.
Interesting. Do you have any more info on the SourceID token and how it can compromise an account?
