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Kn-Restorationism. Advocates for restoring the pronunciation of the K in words like know, knock, knob, knit, knight, knave, and so forth.
Reasoning: It is fun to say. Please try speaking out loud pronouncing the K in the idiom "tight-knit group." This will immediately convert you to Kn-Restorationism.
we do this, but only when we can move the k into the earlier syllable of a multisyllable word.
We call ourselves the unk-nowables
This is a radical extreme position taken by a splinter group known as the Gn-Revivalists who believe in both Kn and Gn. Most Kn-Restorationists see them as advocating for something desirable but unrealistical while Kn restoration along is achievable.
You were right I was immediately converted.
(I recognized after writing this comment that I was using a glottal stop for the terminal t in "tight" and that's why it was surprisingly not too difficult to pronounce and in fact sounded pretty cool. Pronouncing the terminal t with an actual alveolar stop produced a different but similarly conversion-inducing experience.)
Knish fans rejoice, our time has come.
Important information before I consider joining the breakaway sect:
Do you pronounce the "unk" with [n] or [ŋ]?
(nb: answer doesn't affect my decision on whether to consider)
I never learned how to read IPA so I will boldly say [n]. We're a big tent tho, as long as the letters are being said we don't worry too much how they're said
I will use this information to give myself permission to pronounce "unk" with a nasalized u like the French as a compromise (and all other times a vowel + n precedes a "kn")
