Does it bother anyone else that the word “subtle” has a silent “b?” Is it ironic that the word subtle means “understated?” The “b” in subtle is, therefore, itself, subtle.
Nehem bested last year's grand champion, Centerville Middle School student Dale Winand, by correctly spelling the word "kiloton," meaning a unit of explosive power equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT.
See how many words you can spot. Over the last one thousand years English spelling has been influenced by lots of different languages, including French, German and Latin. Because English has ...