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Re: My favorite silent English letter is:by ikegami (Patriarch) |
on Mar 02, 2012 at 05:18 UTC ( [id://957381]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The "z" is technically not silent in "rendezvous". "ez" as a whole forms the "é" sound, and neither letter on its own would sound that way. It's like English's "sh", but it's a vowel instead of a consonant. French has many such combinations. The "o" in "opossum" is not silent. "Possum" refers to a completely different animal. Which "r" of "surprise" do think is silent?!
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