English Words Spelled with 3-letter /?/

Among several ways to spell the “long i” sound in English is the 3-letter combination -igh- as in sight [s?t].
The spelling reflects an earlier pronunciation in which the gh represented a sound made with the soft palate, rather like the ch heard in German ich.
The -igh- spelling has persisted in English because it occurs in [...]

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