L: before d: coГ№l d (*koГІd, *kЙ™d), woГ№l d (= woГІd tree, *wЙ™d), shoГ№l d (*shoГІd, *shЙ™d) before m: cГ l m, bГ l m, psГ l m, sГЎl mon, MГЎlcol m (*MГЎlkЙ™m) before f: cГ l f, hГ l f, hГўlf penny before v: cГ l ve, hГ l ve before k: fГґl k, tГҐl k, wГҐl k, and in LГncol n K, initially, before n: k nГґw, k nГЄe, k nГ®ght, k nГt, k nГўve, k nГіll, k nГіt, k nГ®fe, k nГЄad massage redundant after c, as in bГЎck I: after u: sГ»i t, recrГ»i t, frГ»i t, jГ»i ce, sluГ® ce, brГ»i se, crГ»i se in cГЎrri age and mГЎrri age in several unstressed - ai n and - ei gn endings: cГ«rtai n (*sГ«rtЙ™n), cГјrtai n (*kГ«rtЙ™n), BrГtai n (*BrГttЙ™n), fГіreig n (BrE *fГіrЙ™n, AmE *fЕЏrЙ™n), sГіvereig n (BrE *sГіvrin, AmE *sГ vrЙ™n) in plГЎi d (optionally), plГЎi t, fri Г©nd, pГ rli ament, busi ness (*bГznЙ™s), Si oux (*SoГґ), SГҐli sbury (*SГҐlzbЙ™ri) JГґan), Th aГ®land, Kath mandГ», DГ©lh i, gh Гґst, gh Г stly, in the BrE name-suffix -h am: BГ©ckenh am, ChГ©ltenh am, TwГckenh am, and almost always after a consonant: see H for an alphabetical list of two-letter combinations from Г h to zh H: h Гґnour, h Гіnest, h Г©ir, h ГІur, vГЄh icle, Г Г№tobГ h n, Гґh, Гґh m, JГіh n (cf.

GH: sГ®gh, rГ®gh t, fГgh t, frГgh t, nigh t, fЕЏugh t, ЕЏugh t, cГҐugh t, ГЁigh t, wГЁigh t G: before n: sГ®g n, desГ®g n, dГЁig n, rГЁig n monarch (= rain weather), campГўig n, fГіreig n (BrE *fГіrЙ™n, AmE *fЕЏrЙ™n), sГіvereig n (BrE *sГіvrin, AmE *sГ vrЙ™n) g nГЎsh, g nГҐw, g nГґme, g nГЎt, g nГ rled, ColГґg ne and in phlГ©g m (but pronounced in phlegmГЎtic) Silent A is found in: hГ«a rd, lГ«a rn, MГєrra y = MГІra y all examples from Latin of a ГЄ: nГ©bula ГЄ, fЕЏrmula ГЄ in fГґreca stle (*fГґxl, also fГґ'c's'le) and in the standard British English pronunciation of words ending in -a ry: sГ©conda ry, dГctiona ryД«: thГєmb, dГєmb, nГєmb, clГ®mb, lГmb, dГ©b t, dГІub t, sГєb tleД¬: indГ®c t, TГ»c sГіn, ConnГ©c ticut, blanc mГ nge (*blЙ™mГіnzh) sometimes there is a redundant soft c after s before a front vowel: sc ГЄne, sc Г®ence, effervГ©sc eД is redundant before a soft g: dГіd ge, Г©d gy, lГіd ging, bГЎd ger, brГd ge, wГ©d ge for most speakers in WГ©d ne sday and before a French j in D jiboГ»ti, Abid jГ nД®: very commonly as final mute e, usually lengthening the preceding vowel, as in lГўte, kГ®te, hГґpe, JГ»ne in the regular past tense ending, as in loГІke d, lГ«arne d exemplifying both of these uses, as in hope d, wГўne d in he Г rt, he Г rth redundant in ye Гґman and in sГnge ing (*sГnjing, from sГnge, to distinguish it from sГnging, from sГng) l after Г and before final f or m (-l f -l m).gh finally or before final t (-gh -gh t).b finally after m or before final t (-m b -b t).They can serve to distinguish between words that sound the same:Д¬hГ©ck verify = BrE chГ©que money Some typical examples Silent letters can be misleading, as in Tha Г®land and Г®s land, which rhyme, or they can be easy to ignore ('redundant'), as in w rГіng, ye Гґman, and lГґw. ( The accents show stress and pronunciation, see English spellings there is also a key at the foot of this page * is placed before an incorrect spelling.) Silent letters constitute a notorious phenomenon in English: in wrГ©stle, for example, only four out of the seven letters are actually sounded (*rГ©sl), and there can be strings of them in place names, exemplified by the trio LГ©icester, GlГіucester and Worcester, pronounced LГ©ster, *GlГіster and *WГ№ster.

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