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Re: My favorite silent English letter is:

by tye (Sage)
on Feb 29, 2012 at 14:08 UTC ( [id://956944]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to My favorite silent English letter is:

Nice! I'd have left off the 'v' entry.

I'm more impressed by the invisible English letters like the 'f' in "rough".

- tye        

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Re^2: My favorite silent English letter is:
by tye (Sage) on Mar 01, 2012 at 16:46 UTC

    There's an invisible 'f' in "laughter" but the invisible 'f' is silent in "daughter".

    - tye        

      For me there is also an invisible "f" in "lieutenant" as the standard British pronunciation is like "leftenant"

        What proper Englishman would want to be promoted to be a "loo tenant"?

        - tye        

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