Why Is There A “b” In Doubt?

If you say you didn’t learn something new today, you just weren’t paying attention.

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Say the word “doubt” aloud. What is that “b” doing there? Does it have any purpose? Gina Cooke explains the long and winding history of “doubt” and why the spelling, though it seems random, is a wink to its storied past.