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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Silent letters danslos #209560 02/14/2013 12:33 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: danslos I often come across folks who claim that j is silent in words like "jalapeño" or "fajita." That's just silly. You're right, it's just pronounced different. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Silent letters Joel 02/11/2013 5:20 PM Re: Silent letters LukeJavan8 02/11/2013 6:28 PM Re: Silent letters Buffalo Shrdlu 02/12/2013 2:03 AM Re: Silent letters danslos 02/12/2013 7:49 PM Re: Silent letters LukeJavan8 02/12/2013 11:20 PM Re: Silent letters danslos 02/13/2013 12:37 PM Re: Silent letters LukeJavan8 02/13/2013 6:10 PM Re: Silent letters danslos 02/13/2013 8:24 PM Re: Silent letters LukeJavan8 02/13/2013 9:43 PM Re: Silent letters Faldage 02/14/2013 12:33 AM Re: Silent letters Buffalo Shrdlu 02/14/2013 2:00 AM Re: Silent letters danslos 02/14/2013 5:02 PM Re: Silent letters LukeJavan8 02/14/2013 5:23 PM Re: Silent letters danslos 02/14/2013 6:17 PM Re: Silent letters Faldage 02/15/2013 1:04 AM Re: Silent letters danslos 02/15/2013 1:04 PM Re: Silent letters wgstoops 02/15/2013 4:37 PM Re: Silent letters LukeJavan8 02/15/2013 5:45 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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