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The Earl of Kent in Lear was famously ill-disposed toward the letter "z": "Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter ...".(The Week ...)(words that start with letter N)(Brief article)
The Earl of Kent in Lear was famously ill-disposed toward the letter "z": "Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter ..." We are beginning to feel the same about "n," at least in initial positions. What everyone calls "the n-word" has now fallen so far from favor, the utterance of it trembles on the edge of criminality. Then there was the fuss about "niggardly," a fine old English word (first occurrence 1571) that no one now dares use. "Noose" seems to be headed the same way. A ...
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