Is it:
Scape Goat
or
Escape Goat
If it is "Escape goat", since when are there silent "E"s in the spoken English language??
I know about silent silent "A", but not silent "E".
Now you're saying to yourself, "Silent 'A'?? What's he talking about?"
Yes, like Manchac
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According to Merriam-Webster Online, "scape" is likely the translation from Hebrew of some demon's name. Apparently the Hebrews used to symbolically load up a (demon) goat with all their sins and send it off into the forest at Yom Kippur.
And yes, I'm that much of a dork that I actually look this shit up.
Probably one of Amber's family descendants.
The answer is 'neither of the above'
It is scapegoat.
'The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. The rite is described in Leviticus 16.'
There's also the silent zed in Culzean (pronounced Kul-in) and the silent urm, everything, in
Milingavie (pronounced Mil-guy)
My brother-in-law once told my mom (while at the Horseshoe lounge) 'I want to buy you a goat. A brown goat with a white face'. But he made no mention of scaping.
who doesn't pronounce the "a" in "guadalupe"?
Don't forget the silent "H" = herb.
Except for Brits, who do pronounce the "h" (Heather's family and I have had countless arguments over this).
American English tip-of-the-week for our resident alien Wiley: throw out the rulebook when you are trying to pronounce a name. Take Texas rivers: Blanco, Llano, Guadalupe, etc. They were all originally named by Spanish and Mexican surveyors. After Texas' War of Independence victory in 1836, the pronunciations were intentionally bastardized to demonstrate that the waterways were no longer controlled by a certain Spanish speaking dictator. (I wish I could teach this to every visitor in Austin who thinks we're mispronouncing these names out of ignorance)
Kinda like how Enrique Trevino (with tilde over the n but I dont know how to do that) became Rick Trevino (pronounced Ter-veeeno)
I know I'm a bit late in the day on this debate but the "herb" thing drives me absolutely crazy (being a Brit). Unless you are french there is no silent 'h' in "herb". Check the dictionary - herb is middle english, 'erb is french derivation.
Apart from anything 'erb sounds so STUPID!!
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