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I had a dear friend (from New Jersey) who would often have a great "idear".


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How many silent letters in "apophthegm"—the Brit. spelling of "apothegm"?

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Originally Posted By: Hydra
How many silent letters in "apophthegm"—the Brit. spelling of "apothegm"?


the 'ph' of the variant, plus the 'g'.

-joe (apophthegmatically speaking) friday

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Hi Applejuice!
In my mother tongue - Malayalam, a Dravidian language - there exists a common phenomenon whereby many words spelt without the letter /e/ are pronounced with the sound[e]. This seems to be the opposite of the 'aphthongal'situation. Can they be called 'ephthongs' after the Malayalam [e]?


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Welcome vettakode. Always good to have another non-native English speaker. I believe the general term for what you describe is epenthesis.

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