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This is merely a different version of the old linguist joke that "In English, all letters are silent". Leaving this here for the interested: https://en.wikipedi
by good_gnu 11y ago
This is merely a different version of the old linguist joke that "In English, all letters are silent". Leaving this here for the interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_English_alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_English_alphabet
- anon4 11y ago"Queue is just Q followed by four silent vowels"
- moomin 11y agoThey're waiting in line...
- mannykannot 11y agoThanks for the link. One of the examples is the 'e' in 'like'. In this case, though it is silent, it affects the pronunciation of the word - of the 'i', specifically.