Silent Letters Puzzle

petrw1 · 2007-03-30, 20:55

I understand this forum is world wide and, hence, for many of you English is NOT your first language, so please don't be offended that this puzzle is looking for English words as answers......

The English language is peculiar in the way that it often uses letters unnecessarily. What I am referring to is the silent letters. See if you can find 26 words each of which has one of the silent letters from A to Z. Many have lots of answers and a few of the answers are more obscure, If fact, somewhat contrary to my opening statement, a few of the answers are words inherited from other languages, but that we still use in English.

For example:
A: boat (the letter A is silent in the word boat)

Nichtwahr · 2007-03-30, 21:37

B: subtle.

rogue · 2007-03-30, 23:07

C: yacht

Wacky · 2007-03-30, 23:52

P: Pflugerville
Psychology
pseudo

Orgasmic Troll · 2007-03-31, 00:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue

C: yacht

My favorite silent c's are the one's in Leicester, Gloucester, Worcestershire, etc.

grandpascorpion · 2007-03-31, 01:24

E: aegis
L: calm
T: tzar
U: guide, guild
X: chateaux

Two-fers:

G and H: sigh
K and W: know

rogue · 2007-03-31, 02:35

M: mnemonic
S: debris

cheesehead · 2007-03-31, 04:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by petrw1

I understand this forum is world wide and, hence, for many of you English is NOT your first language, so please don't be offended that this puzzle is looking for English words as answers......

So, add "English Language " in front of "Letters" in the title so folks are alerted before getting here. :-)

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D and (final) E: edge

I: laid

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandpascorpion

E: aegis

A: aegis ?

davieddy · 2007-03-31, 07:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wacky

P: Pflugerville
Psychology
pseudo

As in swimming

Mini-Geek · 2007-03-31, 11:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesehead

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandpascorpion

E: aegis

A: aegis ?

It depends on how you pronounce it. Both are correct. (silent A or silent E)
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=aegis
petrw1, since you started this thread, I think you should be the judge of whether words like this (where a different letter is silent depending on which of the multiple correct pronunciations) count for both or neither (or something else).

retina · 2007-03-31, 13:58

P&S: corps

But I think the king of silent letters is: cholmondely/cholmondeley (pronounced chumly)

2007-03-30, 20:55	#1
petrw1 1976 Toyota Corona years forever! "Wayne" Nov 2006 Saskatchewan, Canada 2²·7·167 Posts	Silent Letters Puzzle I understand this forum is world wide and, hence, for many of you English is NOT your first language, so please don't be offended that this puzzle is looking for English words as answers...... The English language is peculiar in the way that it often uses letters unnecessarily. What I am referring to is the silent letters. See if you can find 26 words each of which has one of the silent letters from A to Z. Many have lots of answers and a few of the answers are more obscure, If fact, somewhat contrary to my opening statement, a few of the answers are words inherited from other languages, but that we still use in English. For example: A: boat (the letter A is silent in the word boat)

2007-03-30, 21:37	#2
Nichtwahr Mar 2007 The midst of an L-L test 100₂ Posts	B: subtle. Last fiddled with by Nichtwahr on 2007-03-30 at 21:38 Reason: A big B!

2007-03-31, 01:24	#6
grandpascorpion Jan 2005 Transdniestr 1F7₁₆ Posts	E: aegis L: calm T: tzar U: guide, guild X: chateaux Two-fers: G and H: sigh K and W: know Last fiddled with by grandpascorpion on 2007-03-31 at 01:30

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