Timeline for In the word "Scent", is the S or the C silent?
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| Apr 28, 2020 at 7:21 | history | edited | Rayan Khan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2014 at 23:02 | history | rollback | 200_success |
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| Oct 17, 2014 at 23:01 | history | edited | 200_success | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 22, 2014 at 12:17 | answer | added | Julie | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 29, 2014 at 2:22 | answer | added | trlkly | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 13:20 | answer | added | Code Whisperer | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 6:15 | comment | added | Kris | @Araucaria It indeed is extended length, though not quite double, even as it is in science. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 6:14 | comment | added | Kris | Huh, @BobJarvis ? Etymonline doesn't seem to say "Neither. They're both pronounced." | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 6:12 | comment | added | JLRishe | @Pimgd RegDwight is just being silly and there's no need to edit your question. To answer the question at the end of your post, "scent", "cent", and "sent" are all pronounced exactly the same. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:01 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | From the Online Etymology Dictionary - "late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)). Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science". So, although my first comment is funnier, it would appear that the -c- is silent. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 2:56 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | Neither. They're both pronounced. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 20:40 | vote | accept | Pimgd | ||
| Aug 27, 2014 at 18:39 | comment | added | user3105234 | The problem is that you're trying to make scents out of Englisc as if it were a science and not scpelling scoup. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 16:55 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | @Kris That can't be correct, because otherwise it would be a double length geminate like we find for example in guests /gess/ when the /t/ is elided. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 15:21 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Yeah, like @Robusto said. In fact, both the "s" and the "c" are silent, but together they force the "e" to be pronounced with a leading sibilance. :-) :-) | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 14:01 | comment | added | Robusto | The referenced post is making an attempt at humor. The point is, such a question has no answer, since the distinction is meaningless. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 14:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/504629495345979392 | ||
| Aug 27, 2014 at 13:42 | history | edited | Pimgd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I originally put the image in a spoiler tag because it was so big, but now that it's smaller, why bother with the spoiler at all?
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| Aug 27, 2014 at 12:26 | comment | added | Pimgd | @RegDwigнt Feel free to edit my question to "How does the pronounciation of scent differ from sent and cent?" if you feel that "silentness" is not objective enough. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 12:12 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | The only honest answer is: all letters in that word are silent. All letters in all words are silent. It's spoken language that gets written down, not written language that gets pronounced. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 12:01 | comment | added | Kris | Neither. The s is the usual, while the c is the soft-C, that's all. When was scent first used as a noun? | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 11:53 | history | edited | Pimgd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
audio please?
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| Aug 27, 2014 at 11:49 | answer | added | Tim Lymington | timeline score: 20 | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 11:44 | answer | added | Frantisek | timeline score: 57 | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 11:43 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 27, 2014 at 11:42 | comment | added | Fattie | the pair "sc" forms a sound in English. (just like, say "sh" or "ch" or "ck" or many other examples.) It's a funny poster though! | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 11:39 | history | asked | Pimgd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |