Mark Williamson wrote:
if you break it down - "re - known -
ed" - it makes perfect sense
Well, you see, it doesn't make sense to me because it's not pronounced
like "known".
I'm not as much of a prescriptivist as my previous message might make
it seem. I do accept language evolution and I do accept changes in
grammar and spelling. My previous message was not meant to belittle
those who do not know the contents of dictionaries by heart. I
certainly don't.
It's just that I think I have acquired somewhat of a language
intuition and even so, I find it difficult to understand the thought
process that would lead one to think that there should be a k in that
word. Once someone came up with it, I can understand that other
people might follow it, thinking it might be the correct spelling.
But the thoughts of that first person are beyond me.
For an example of a sentence where the "k" would be correct: "After an
absence of many years she was happy to be reknown by her lover." :-)
Ec