# Why is there a "b" in doubt?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Gina Cooke
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gina_cooke_why_is_there_a_b_in_doubt)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by David Bernal, narrated by Gina Cooke\].

## Lectures

1. [Why is there a "b" in doubt?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gina_cooke_why_is_there_a_b_in_doubt/2bf5d31181b1), 4 min (TED's player)