Well if you google it you will probably find out but with many words with silent letters the letter was not always silent.
Like knife, the k used to be sounded out.
I'm thinking that at some point in the past the h in honest was most likely not silent.
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Mihail, people so sometimes ask things other than maths here.
It is just that we are less likely to be able to help them :)
Why are you asking this kind of questins here?
Isn't this website about math only?!
Well if you google it you will probably find out but with many words with silent letters the letter was not always silent.
Like knife, the k used to be sounded out.
I'm thinking that at some point in the past the h in honest was most likely not silent.
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Mihail, people so sometimes ask things other than maths here.
It is just that we are less likely to be able to help them :)