Is white spelled wight?

Question

I bet my friend's 17 year old brother a 24 oz. energy that white is not spelled w-i-g-h-t. Could you help my friend's brother believe me by saying so.

my friend has a brother who is 17 and not retarded that thought that the color white is spelled w-i-g-h-t. So I bet him a 24 oz. energy drink that white is spelled w-h-i-t-e. He needs to know whether or not it's true so I can get my energy drink, so prove him wrong.

Answer 1

Interesting how most people that answered this question think that you are the one who does not know how to spell white, when in reality it is your friends brother. Go get your energy drink cause it's spelled W-H-I-T-E!

Answer 2

White the color is spelled w-h-i-t-e. A type of ghost called a wight is spelled w-i-g-h-t.

Answer 3

Did your Gt. grandfather spell his call that way, or did the Registrar or Vicar write it that way? My maternal Gt. grandparents have been no longer waiting to place in writing their names and the two signed with a 'X' on their Marriage certificates so all the documentation grew to become into filled in by somebody else and with their spelling of procedures the call sounded. I actual have one ancestor who grew to become into baptised as Francis Pigim and died ninety years later as Francis Peagum in accordance to the Parish examine in; as an Ag Lab I doubt he ever had the could prefer to envision or write. So names and spellings replace over the years somewhat in an illiterate society with marked accents. you are able to desire to discover yet yet another ancestor with the spelling Whytte or Wyatt, yet inspite of the incontrovertible fact that meant to be a similar surname.

Answer 4

I am pretty sure its spelled white. As in the color, correct?

Answer 5

WHITE
WIGHT is a word too - Wight is an obsolete word for a human or other intelligent "being"

Answer 6

well no offense but.......you owe your friend's brother an energy drink:

Depends on what definition you're looking for. The word W-I-G-H-T does exist....The color is spelled White but wight does exist:

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wight1  /waɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[wahyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. a human being.
2. Obsolete. a. a supernatural being, as a witch or sprite.
b. any living being; a creature.



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[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE wiht; c. G Wicht, ON vēttr, Goth waiht]
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wight2  /waɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[wahyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective British Dialect 1. strong and brave, esp. in war.
2. active; nimble.


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[Origin: 1175–1225; ME < Scand; cf. ON vīgt, neut. of vīgr able to fight]
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Wight  /waɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[wahyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source wight1 (wt) Pronunciation Key
n. Obsolet.
A living being; a creature.


[Middle English, from Old English wiht. See wekti- in Indo-European Roots.]

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adj. Archai.
Valorous; brave.


[Middle English, from Old Norse vgt, neuter of vgr, able to fight. See weik-3 in Indo-European Roots.]

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source Wight (wt) Pronunciation Key , Isle of

An island in the English Channel off south-central England. It is a popular resort area and yachting center. Queen Victoria often stayed at the Osborne House near Cowes.

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wight

n 1: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature] 2: an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel [syn: Wight, Isle of Wight]

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wight: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

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Answer 7

Dear pinhead: what are you going on about?

W-H-I-T-E is a word (color, or absence of color) and

W-I-G-H-T is a word (obsolete -- means critter)

Your bet is dumb. Give him a candy bar.

BTW: anyone who says "wight" is not a word is sadly illiterate. If you have read Beowulf in Old English (as I have), you will have encountered the word numerous times. As I said, it's obsolete and it means critter (creature).

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Answer 8

Does your 17 year old brother have downs syndrome? Perhaps you should start him out on some simpler concepts if that is the case, like not pooing in his own pants.

Answer 9

white

Answer 10

you r right it's spelled white