English is not written phonetically, and one manifestation of this is the presence of silent letters in many words. Mitigating what might otherwise be total chaos, there are patterns or categories in ...

It’s when someone speaking drops the letter “t”. The logic behind this issue is to speak faster, create a smoother flow when speaking and simplify pronunciation with a “glottal stop.” For example, ...

In my recent column on the absurdities of English spelling, I mentioned silent letters in passing, merely noting that the letter “l” is silent in English words like “could” and “should”, but ...

You’d think spelling and pronunciation would go hand in hand. Well, English had other plans. Silent letters are those sneaky little things hiding in plain sight – they’re written down but never ...

ATLANTA – Silence is golden, according to a saying, but silent letters in the English language are baffling to some. It’s enough to make you gnash your teeth. An 11Alive viewer contacted Why Guy Jerry ...

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For people around the world, English is now becoming one of the most common and accessible languages. No matter in which part of the world you go, and if you know the native language or not, English ...

Any author who writes a novel with the Holocaust as its setting bears a moral burden. “After Auschwitz,” as Theodor Adorno famously warned, “to write a poem is a barbarity.” So I approached “Silent ...