To be sure, it would have been more reasonable to abolish b where it was not pronounced, and this is what the related languages did (cf. German Lamm/Dutch lam and German dumm/Dutch dom for Engl.

可以肯定的是，取消不发音的b会更合理，其它语言也这样做了（参见德语Lamm/荷兰语lam和德语dumm/荷兰语dom对应英语lamb和dumb），但英语不喜欢放弃拼字法上遗留的遗迹。

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To be sure, it would have been more reasonable to abolish b where it was not pronounced, and this is what the related languages did (cf. German Lamm/Dutch lam and German dumm/Dutch dom for Engl.

可以肯定的是，取消不发音的b会更合理，其它语言也这样做了（参见德语Lamm/荷兰语lam和德语dumm/荷兰语dom对应英语lamb和dumb），但英语不喜欢放弃拼字法上遗留的遗迹。

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