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Don't blame yourself for mispronouncing "indict," blame the Renaissance.
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On the page, it looks like "indict" and "edict" should sound a lot alike. And yet, when you say these two words out loud, it's like being trapped in an episode of the Patty Duke Show . Don't feel embarrassed if you've ever mispronounced "indict" to sound more like "edict" or "verdict." Your only fault was the assumption that English always makes sense. Why does our language insist on making things so complicated? In this case, the answer comes with some interesting stories about the history of
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