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Re^2: My favorite silent English letter is:

by tye (Sage)
on Mar 01, 2012 at 16:46 UTC ( [id://957257]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: My favorite silent English letter is:
in thread My favorite silent English letter is:

There's an invisible 'f' in "laughter" but the invisible 'f' is silent in "daughter".

- tye        

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Re^3: My favorite silent English letter is:
by mertserger (Curate) on Mar 02, 2012 at 13:44 UTC
    For me there is also an invisible "f" in "lieutenant" as the standard British pronunciation is like "leftenant"

      What proper Englishman would want to be promoted to be a "loo tenant"?

      - tye        

        But why choose a replacement pronunciation that sounds very much like being a "lift tenant"? Surely better, but not great.

        - tye        

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