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Are there any English words starting with a silent vowel requiring "a" before it (not "an")?
Title says it all. We all know there are instances of the other way around, such as "an hour," but I'm curious if any exist. I couldn't think of any.
Like "a orange" if "...
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Is there a word spelled with a silent B at the start?
My dad and I were playing a game in the car where we picked a letter and then each alternated saying a word that started with that letter. We did it with b, for example, it might go:
Dad: bath
me:...
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Silent consonants in words like lawn, dawn [closed]
Is it w or wn?I have no idea,kindly help me out?
What about in words like rogue,does ue or u count as silent consonants although they are clearly vowels?
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Why is the word "folks" pronounced [foʊks]?
Why is the word folks sound like it’s pronounced [foʊks] rather than [fɔɫks]? It’s as though people are thinking it’s spelled fokes.
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Why isn't the ‘P’ in psychology pronounced? [duplicate]
Why is the initial letter of some of the words like pneumonia, and psychology not pronounced?
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How is y’all’dn’t’ve pronounced
According to Wikipedia, y’all’dn’t’ve is a valid contraction.
I am having difficulty pronouncing the L-D-N-T-V consonant cluster, especially since there is no vowel at the end (silent E). Y’all’dn’t’...
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How did the silent 't' come into all these 'tch' words?
I'm curious as to how so many words with the 'ch' sound have the silent 't' in them. Catch, itch, retch, hatchet, botch etc. The list is huge.
They all have different origins, and yet they have the ...
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