hyperme wrote:
The 'h' in herb isn't silent.
Otherwise it's actually interesting to see a number of words where removing the silent letter would affect the pronounciation of the word.
What about quite ->
quit ? Messed up the whole pronunciation.
Not to mention quiet and quid.
English orthography is a mess, really. If you read a word you don't know, it's basically guesswork how to pronounce it (example: finite/infinite). Conversely, if you hear a word you don't know, you can never tell for sure how to write it...
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Autocorrect is
not my friend. Apologies for the typos.