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When one of my sons moved to Knoxville, TN, I helped him with a home project. We ran into the need for a tool we didn't have. Said John, "I'll just pick one up at Mart." "Don't you mean, "K-Mart"?" I asked. "No, Dad," he said. "In Knoxville, the "k" is silent."
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I've been keeping a list of words with silent letters. I'd love to find a silent word with a j in it. J's the only letter that won't shut up. Please let me know if you come up with one.
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A principal I had in high school had the last name of
Labaj, pronounced Lah-bi. J was silent.
That's a neat site. Thanks.
But it did influence the second syllable, I suppose, like in hai jalai.
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Beggars can't be choosers. Thanks!
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Hey I've not given up, stick with us.
I had a classmate with last name of Stejskal (Stays-cal).
But again the 'j' in whatever language the name is, may
influence the pronunciation.
In your list you have "half", but not the verb "halve".
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Thanks for "halve"! If you find any more that I missed, please let me know.
While searching the web for words-with-silent-letters, I often come across folks who claim that j is silent in words like "jalapeņo" or "fajita." As in the name "Stejskal," though, I think it's just that you pronounce j differently in different languages. I'm still looking for the j that disappears completely.
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I'll look too, and hope I remember the thread here.
Maybe someone else is looking as well, and will post.
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I often come across folks who claim that j is silent in words like "jalapeņo" or "fajita." That's just silly. You're right, it's just pronounced different.
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After going through Raymond Long's Elements of English: Silent Letters, I added a bunch more words to my words with silent letters spreadsheet. Some of the additions are questionable, but many aren't. I'm amazed how many I missed.
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I don't have time to check, but do you have the
numberable 'ough's?
cough
dough
doughty
through
though
slough
sough
bough
plough
hough
and I've forgotten at least two of the nine+ pronunciations
involved with 'ough'.(that I know of)
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I have a few of them. I'll check when I have more time later on.
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It's the B not the D that's silent in bdellium.
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Thanks for pointing that out. Made the change.
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I'm reminded of my choral society director years ago. He cautioned us that we should sing "psalm" as in English, not Latin. The "p" was to be silent as in "swimming".
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I received a stern warning from a teacher
when I insisted on using the "p" in pneumonia,
which my brother was afflicted with, and still
kept using it. She was unhappy, very, with me.
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