Tuesday, 13 November
Numbly.
Dumbly.
Crumbly.
They derive from rhyming roots: numb, dumb, and crumb.
So how come the B is silent in numbly and dumbly, but not in crumbly?
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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Do what I did and throw in those "b"'s for fun!
Dum-bly
Num-bly
Crum-bly
Fum-bly
Well, it is "Crumble," right?
But it's not "Dumble." Or "Numble."
Why in the heck "Dumb" has a silent B at the end, I have no idea.
Well, yeah, but there's also just crumb, like dumb and numb.
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