Why not simplify it and throw them out,whats the use in having them if they are not used in pronouncing a word?
2007-10-03 20:23:36 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Even though I don't know much about grammar I think that silent letters are present in order to accentuate the sound or letter placed before it. For example, we all know how to pronounce the word like. You don't say' lik-e', but if you remove the e wouldn't it sound like 'lick'?
2007-10-03 20:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by Bonjour! 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Categorize letters as man and woman.
Those letters are silent because they are married to other letters. So even if we dont pronounce them they need to be there when written on a paper - Marraige Policy
2007-10-03 20:35:24 · answer #2 · answered by Quizmaster 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's to keep out the Riff Raff.
English is the most desirable language in the world to know, The price of membership is steep, nothing worthwhile is easy, Get over it
2007-10-03 20:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
1- They are self conscious and prefer not to stand out.
2- They are emo and remain quiet in the corner.
Poor lil guys.
2007-10-03 20:28:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sheridan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So that nobody could hear them. Didn't you know that these letters are on a mission for a secret organization called shhhhhh.
2007-10-03 20:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by Osmosis 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Marcelle Marceau stuck them in
2007-10-03 20:26:11 · answer #6 · answered by Lefty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We "borrowed" lots of those words (read a phone book or a creole or cajun-based article in or from Louisiana)...
2007-10-03 20:27:59 · answer #7 · answered by Tonya R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because there are very few silent people!
2007-10-03 20:27:41 · answer #8 · answered by Armyvet 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
wow. i agreed!
and what with jojoba pronounce as 'hohoba'..?
2007-10-03 20:26:06 · answer #9 · answered by ≈ ฬ ≈ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree!
2007-10-03 20:25:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋