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   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 12.10.2024 19:20   
      
    AH>   
    AK>> How would you write it "Milne" or "Miln" if you never saw   
    AK>> it written.   
    AH>   
    AH>> Well, it does rhyme with "kiln"... so if I'd never seen or   
    AH>> heard this name before I might employ the latter until I had   
    AH>> time to investigate further.   
    AH>   
    AK>> It remains to me only to wonder about the English language   
    AK>> evolution. How on earth you put a letter into the word and   
    AK>> don't pronounce this letter. ;)   
    AH>   
    AH> In some cases at least a word has been adopted from a   
    AH> Scandinavian or  northern European language & we've trimmed   
    AH> a few inflections etc. :-))   
    AH>   
      
   In other words, in "Milne" and other similar cases you can put a letter for no   
   reason and which has no any sense. Very probably this tricks came from French   
   which is far ahead in this area.   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2024   
      
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