One Weird Word

English is a difficult language to grasp. It has such bizarre rules that don't make any sense. That alone is bad enough but then each rule has exceptions. And because the exceptions have exceptions the fun never ends.

But my personal favorites are the extra letters thrown in. The letters in words that serve no purpose at all.

See it seems fair to me that I should be able to add random letters to words while playing Scrabble but my kids disagree.

So what is the P doing in Psychic and Pseudo?

And doesn't Aisle like the A at the front?

L doesn't like to go it alone but having a partner doesn't change the sound when you Sell Kelly the Llama.

Patience has a poor I that hides out without sound.

K just keeps N company in knowledge, knob, knife and knee.

And no one knows why thought, night and eight include G and H.

So I have decided to create my own word. My new word will be:

* a ten dollar word because of its size.

* part homonym because is sounds like another but is spelled differently.

* also part synonym since it means the same thing.

* and finally a metonym in metonymy (a figure of speech used to represent that to which it is related).

And the word I have created? Well it simply is this:

So the next time the kids are running about. I am simply going to smile as I shout -

PSAILLIEKNGHT!

Which of course you all recoginze from the rules up above that this is pronounced sahy-luhnt

so shh.