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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)
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 02/14/13 05:24 PM.
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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".
Last edited by wgstoops; 02/15/13 04:39 PM. Reason: spelling error
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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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