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Inglish Posted 21 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Szilent Kletters (Z and K are silent)
Hi,
Please read the subject "Szilent Kletters" as "Silent letters", because it has Z is silent and K is silent in kletters.
Okey okey, comming to point,
I know there is no meaning to the just above said.
Many times I asked my self why do we have the silent letters in the words like knight, knife, could, would, tsunami etc., I even asked my teachers (in school days) , but didnt find the answer.
I am expecting the answer from one of the members.
Thank you
Please read the subject "Szilent Kletters" as "Silent letters", because it has Z is silent and K is silent in kletters.
Okey okey, comming to point,
I know there is no meaning to the just above said.
Many times I asked my self why do we have the silent letters in the words like knight, knife, could, would, tsunami etc., I even asked my teachers (in school days) , but didnt find the answer.
I am expecting the answer from one of the members.
Thank you
Top answer
Hi Sometimes it is a mispronounciation of a foreign word - tsunami for example. Although most English speakers say soo-nami, it is a Japanese (I believe) word that sound with the 'ts' sound not an 's'. Likewise Tsar/Tzar etc.
- Hi Sometimes it is a mispronounciation of a foreign word - tsunami for example.
- Although most English speakers say soo-nami, it is a Japanese (I believe) word that sound with the 'ts' sound not an 's'.
- Likewise Tsar/Tzar etc.
- Where the native sound is not used in English it is adapted to its closest sound.
- With the silent ks it is a case of change over time.
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Hi
Sometimes it is a mispronounciation of a foreign word - tsunami for example. Although most English speakers say soo-nami, it is a Japanese (I believe) word that sound with the 'ts' sound not an 's'. Likewise Tsar/Tzar etc. Where the native sound is not used in English it is adapted to its closest sound.
With the silent ks it is a case of change over time. The k used to
Sometimes it is a mispronounciation of a foreign word - tsunami for example. Although most English speakers say soo-nami, it is a Japanese (I believe) word that sound with the 'ts' sound not an 's'. Likewise Tsar/Tzar etc. Where the native sound is not used in English it is adapted to its closest sound.
With the silent ks it is a case of change over time. The k used to
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Nona is right. German still has the kn sound pronounced. Many sounds changed in english, for example the e in four letter words (hate, race, rake) used to be pronounced, but now it just tells us to use "ej" for a.
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There are many words like psyche, queue where in the most of the letters are been omitted I cant understand this. Can any one help?
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there is a big list of such Silent Killers(letters)
I started to post to find out the answer
Hey do you know any work which has a hidden letter?
I started to post to find out the answer
Hey do you know any work which has a hidden letter?
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that was silent letter not word,
I was saying, just like how we have silent letters in words which we ignore while pronounce, do we have any words which has hidden letter which we will prounce it but we dont write.
This is my idea/proposal
I was saying, just like how we have silent letters in words which we ignore while pronounce, do we have any words which has hidden letter which we will prounce it but we dont write.
This is my idea/proposal
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