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Mona1123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

2 silent letters

Hi guys^^
Do you know any word starts with 2 silent letters? I know one which is "Chthonic", but I need more ^^
  

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I don't think you'll find any. Why do you need them?

— Fivejedjon

  • I don't think you'll find any.
  • Why do you need them?
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I don't think you'll find any. Why do you need them?
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fivejedjon Why do you need them?
Just to know^^
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I offer the suggestion of "Przewalski", as in "Przewalski's horse" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przewalski%27s_horse), which reportedly is (or can be) pronounced "sh?-VAL-skee", which at least gives the appearance that the "Pr" is silent.
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GPYI offer the suggestion of "Przewalski", as in "Przewalski's horse"
Thank you GPY,
Actually, my husband asked me this question and he said there are 3 or 4 words begins with 2 silent letters. And he won't tell me
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Mona1123Actually, my husband asked me this question and he said there are 3 or 4 words begins with 2 silent letters.
But I bet that they are all loan words or derived words from other languages (Greek, Polish, Welsh etc.).
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Mona1123 he said there are 3 or 4 words begins with 2 silent letters.
Well, of course there are other chth- words ...
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It also just occurred to me, of course, that there are the phth- words (phthalic, phthalein, etc.) which can be pronounced th-.
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