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- Silent_English_alphabet abstract "The English language has many words with silent letters. It is possible to create an alphabetic list of English words with silent letters from A to Z, with the help of loan words and names from other languages. This alphabet is referred to as the "Silent English" or "silent letter" alphabet.One possible origin for this alphabet goes back to a 1969 meeting of the Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, when discussion arose as to how the association's acronym, TESOL, should be pronounced. The association subsequently adopted the following tongue-in-cheek pronunciation guide, composed entirely of words with silent letters: T as in castle, E as in give, S as in island, O as in people, and L as in calm.The American linguist John Higgins subsequently spent some time constructing a complete such alphabet. By 1983, his alphabet lacked only words for the letters J, M, Q, V and X.For some words in the list below, more than one letter counts as silent; in 'daughter', for example, both the 'g' and the 'h' are silent. These words are listed under only one of the two possible letters to avoid redundant entries. Words with a doubled letter in which the second of the two letters is counted as silent, like 'ebb', are not included in the list since they are among the least interesting examples. Note that for a few words in the list, the silent letter is pronounced when the word changes form, e.g., from 'hymn' to 'hymnal' or 'bourgeois' to 'bourgeoisie'.Purists may consider the entries for the letter 'j' doubtful, since in the words listed, the 'j' actually is pronounced—though with the sound of 'h' rather than 'j'—whereas in examples for the other letters, the silent letter is not pronounced in any way at all.Because some words have two versions of the given letter, one pronounced and one silent, in every case the silent letter is indicated in boldface type.".
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- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Bdellium.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Billet-doux.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_spelling.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silence.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silent_letters.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Spelling.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Colquhoun.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Faux_pas.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Forecastle.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Gneiss.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Gnu.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Gunwale.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Halfpenny_(British_pre-decimal_coin).
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Islay.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Jinn.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Lacquer.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Laissez-faire.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Love_letter.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Magic_e.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Milngavie.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Mnemonic.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Samuel_Pepys.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Silent_e.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Silent_k.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Silent_letter.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Sioux.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Three_letter_rule.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLink Wildebeest.
- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Silent English alphabet".
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- Silent_English_alphabet wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Silent_English_alphabet subject Category:English_spelling.
- Silent_English_alphabet subject Category:Silence.
- Silent_English_alphabet subject Category:Silent_letters.
- Silent_English_alphabet subject Category:Spelling.
- Silent_English_alphabet comment "The English language has many words with silent letters. It is possible to create an alphabetic list of English words with silent letters from A to Z, with the help of loan words and names from other languages.".
- Silent_English_alphabet label "Silent English alphabet".
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