Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Why is there a "b" in doubt? - Gina Cooke" video.

  1. Non-inflected, non-colloquial British.
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  2. Newsreader British English.
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  3. Absolutely fascinating, but such slavish adherrance to historical connections is what makes the English language so difficult to learn and spell, even for natives. Given that the etymology of the word doubt has nothing to do with its actual usage, and that English is the most learned language in the world, I think it's high time that the entire vocabulaty of the language was reparsed and spelled as each word sounds, which would then help with pronunciation.
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  4. Lol - and what a tragedy that would be. Maybe we'd have understanding bees instead - that would be far more practical anyway!
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