A list of 25 words by sionnach.
- z as in rendezvouswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- y as in ayewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- x as in faux paswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- w as in wristwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- u as in biscuitwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- t as in listenwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- s as in islandwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- r as in forecastlewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- q as in racquetwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- p as in receiptwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- o as in countrywas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- n as in hymnwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- m as in mnemonicwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- l as in salmonwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- k as in knobwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- j as in rijstaffelwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- i as in businesswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- h as in heirwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- g as in gnatwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- f as in halfpennywas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- e as in forewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- d as in handkerchiefwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- c as in indictwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- b as in doubtwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- a as in breadwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
Prolagus commented on the list silence-is-golden
I LOVE THIS LIST!!!
Plus, it's very useful as an English lesson.
May 4, 2008
mollusque commented on the list silence-is-golden
Wonderful! I made a similar list about fifteen years ago, but I can't find a record of it. I used kjeldahlization for the silent "j". Can't remember if I found a silent "v".
May 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the list silence-is-golden
Ha! Great list, s.
May 4, 2008
sionnach commented on the list silence-is-golden
Does anyone have a suggestion for the missing silent 'v', whose continued absence serves as a mute reproach to this list? One suggestion I've seen is 'fivepence', but I pronounce the 'v' in that word, so don't feel I can legitimately include it.
May 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the list silence-is-golden
Bovver Boots. But I can't tell you which 'v' is the silent one.
And I often thought of Asativum as being v. silent, from time to time.
Also 'v' when spoken as 'against'.
Here's an in isible one if that's any good.
May 6, 2008
asativum commented on the list silence-is-golden
Truly an inspired list. Now I wontvbe able to get any work done thinking about silent Vs... You could always make like a Roman and declare U and V identical.
Gangerh, I'm sure I'm all too unsilent for most, but thanks for the vote!
May 6, 2008
asativum commented on the list silence-is-golden
Hay, how about roman numerals? As in Henry XVIII? Or better yet, the number XXVI?
May 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the list silence-is-golden
An alternative set is proposed here:
John Higgins's silent alphabet
December 5, 2008
arcadia commented on the list silence-is-golden
Very cool.
February 7, 2009
rolig commented on the list silence-is-golden
Hate to quibble, Sionnach (well, I don't hate quibbling all that much), but the "y" in "aye" is not silent; it's working with the "a" to produce the diphthong we call "long i". One could perhaps make the argument that the "y" in "key" is silent, since one might reasonably pronounce "ke" as "kee" (cf. "me").
As for a silent "v", there is one in the French surname Le Febvre, but I can't think of any common nouns with a silent "v".
February 7, 2009
sionnach commented on the list silence-is-golden
Rolls eyes that anyone on Wordie actually has the chutzpah to begin a comment with the words "Hate to quibble".
Silent V
February 7, 2009