[Promalada]

[UFJon]

How long have you been waiting to post that?

[GSgCGxsF]

Damn it.

[Sellorect]

Can any of the "dammit" voters defend the stupidity of that spelling?

[fygESytT]

I can defend the spelling by never having to spell it. If Im going to say 'damn it' I might have well have said 'darn it'

[robinthesearchmasterh]

'dammit' has bettar flow and is smoother to read. it can be pronounced with one syllable.

'damnit' is 2 syllables and makes the reader pause for a moment, which breaks sentence flow.

What the ****?

[ecosportpol_ru]

Dammit and Damnit are pronounced the same. Perplexing.

[anatmob]

Dammit is the byproduct of the sort of phonetic spelling nonsense that should be banned in schools.

[pharmacologist30]

Damn it

[Piemonedmow]

Dammit is the byproduct of the sort of phonetic spelling nonsense that should be banned in schools.

"Damn it" is a sentence. "Dammit" is an interjection used primarily in conversation. Minor phonetic adjustments are appropriate. Moreover, you can vary the spelling to convey distinctions in how it's spoken - "damnit" if slowly, "dammit" if quickly.

[kiosokkn]

— interj

[zatronanec]

AS, that quote of yours says EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

Yeah but what does this part say?

as it usually is sounded So Frozzy isn't wrong.


Also, Damn it with an 'n' is also an interjection.


To be clear, Damnit isn't a word. Damn it is the phrase.

Asher, note that. That's your answer. Damnit is not a word. Try to look it up online.

[Stacypettlerr]

Minor phonetic adjustments are appropriate.

Why? They aren't necessary in the slightest.

[Pdarassenko]

When I pronounce damnit, I pronounce both the m and the n

[MightyMasc]

In that case, then, write those words differently. I also pronounce the t in often, and I only stopped pronouncing the B in Dumb two years ago.

My problem is that I learned English through reading and not through talking, so there are many words which I know what they mean and how to use them, that I am not sure on how to pronounce.

[EliteFranceska]

Frozzy:

As Barnabas points out, English being constrained by things like "A silent n followed by a vowel is very rare in English" is silly. English is a confusing language with bizarre spellings to begin with!

Oh and it's not rare, at least no more rare than words with silent n's are.

Damning, condemning... that's two more right there.

The rule is 'n' is not pronounced when following 'm' at the end of a word. This i thing is bullcrap but Kuci wants to sound learned.

[Gorlummm]

There is nothing nonsensical about phonetic spelling.

[NarhozNic]

As Barnabas points out, English being constrained by things like "A silent n followed by a vowel is very rare in English" is silly. English is a confusing language with bizarre spellings to begin with!

What the **** are you on? Seriously, AS, you persistently are incapable of reading and understanding people's posts. It wasn't a normative statement, it was an observation.

Oh and it's not rare, at least no more rare than words with silent n's are.

Damning, condemning... that's two more right there. There are seven-ish distinct words in common English use that end in nm:

autumn
column
condemn/damn (these are just variants of the same root and mean basically the same thing)
contemn
column
hymn
solemn

Condemn and damn each have one form in which the silent n is followed by a [non-silent] vowel: the -ing form, similarly contemning. The variant forms of all of the others follow the pattern that the n is not silent when followed by a spoken vowel: hymnal, columnated, solemnity... and so when representing a spoken contraction it is reasonable and useful to use use a phonetic spelling because the other spelling suggests the wrong pronunciation.

[Inonanialry]

Oh no, you found the except to what I said, that follows exactly the same pattern as the other exceptions

And damnify: /ˈdæmnəˌfaɪ/ [dam-nuh-fahy]

[Swidemaiskikemu]

Misread your post. Given how consistently you do that, I think I deserve a pass.