Important Silent Letter Words (+FREE e-BOOK)

[@passionnedepeinture]

Thank you very much!!

[@proactivepronunciation]

You're welcome! I'm so glad you liked the lesson:)

[@chuengeddie6038]

Enjoyed this! Thank you!

[@proactivepronunciation]

Awesome:) I'm so glad!!

[@tranvankhoa3724]

It's the awesome lesson. Thank you for sharing of silent mysteries in English speaking. I would try to practice and remember as much as I could. Best regards

[@proactivepronunciation]

Thank you for your kind words:) I'm so glad it was helpful for you!

[@edytadesignstudio]

Thanks for including "dumb" in there. I've been saying this at work lately so it needs to be pronounced perfectly 🤣🤣🤣

[@proactivepronunciation]

Lol, effective communication. That's what it's all about! 😉

[@fredericroy]

Hello, I think for some examples, you could make it simpler. For instance: all English words that end in ‘mb’ (and their derivatives), the ‘b’ is silent. (ex : plumb =>plumber; climb=> climber). Because listing all the words is, in my opinion, not very useful and a bit tedious, and a rule is easier to remember :)

[@proactivepronunciation]

Hi! Those types of videos are on my channel in different playlist. Definitely check them out!

[@kennynarvaez8015]

Thank you! Great content to continue exploring the complexities of spoken English. Teacher, I want to ask you a question about a movie called SPECTRAL (2016) that I recently saw and really interested me. First of all, I would like to clarify that this has nothing to do with silent letters, but with phantom letters or ghost letters... 😅 Well, getting down to business, one of the soldiers in the movie SPECTRAL (2016), at timestamp 32:17, says, "When's his wife due?" The question here is that "When's" + "his" is pronounced like "When this wife due?" I checked dictionaries for the pattern "when + is + subject," but in the movie, you can clearly hear a "d" sound. Why is that? The question isn't "When does his wife due?" So, where did the "d" sound come from? ... Well, that's all! Thanks again!

[@proactivepronunciation]

Hi! Great question... you're really paying attention to some intricate elements of speech! I love it lol A phenomenon occurs as we transition quickly from one sound to another. As the /n/ is released to/z/, a sound may occur from that release, sounding similar to a /d/. Try to transition from n>z quickly and you may hear a slight release sound. It's not a purposeful insertion of /d/ , but rather a by-product of that particular transition. A similar thing happens with /m/ to th in the word "something". A small /p/ sometimes occurs as the /m/ is released. Speech is fascinating:) Hope this is helpful!

[@kennynarvaez8015]

@@proactivepronunciation Hi Teacher! This is super exciting! It's a whole new world of sound phenomena for me. I can only get answers that amaze me this much from specialists like you. Thanks for taking the time to explain it!

[@proactivepronunciation]

My pleasure:)

[@송치정-x4y]

There are more silent letters : psalmmon, photoplaywrigt, heiress, etc. Dear teacher, In case of homage and hone, h isn't silent letter. Am I right? Hope you have a great one.

[@proactivepronunciation]

Great, psalm and wright are great ones! Homage is portend pronounced with a silent h, hone on the other hand is fully pronounced:)

[@송치정-x4y]

@@proactivepronunciation Thanks a lot for your quick response

[@proactivepronunciation]

You're so welcome!

[@fredericroy]

0:27 Hello, for the word ‘beard’, isn’t it the /ɪ/ sound as in ‘silver pin’ that we hear rather than what you’re saying, which is the /i/ sound as in ‘me’ 0:41 And for the word ‘bear’, all dictionaries give the /ɛ/ sound as in ‘red pepper’ and not the /eɪ/ sound as in ‘grey day’ (Oxford, Merriam Webster)

[@proactivepronunciation]

Hello! For beard the vowel is /i/ "EE" and for bear the vowel is /eI/. There is definitely some confusion online with regard to this word and even some credible resources can be wrong, which is very unfortunate. Be sure that you are looking at the general American accent. Try the Merriam-webster dictionary. This vowel /eI/ is also often shown as just /e/ which is the same sound, just a variation of IPA use. I recommend listening to an audio interactive IPA chart to help as many students find it useful for listening.

[@송치정-x4y]

Dear teacher, There might be a typo from pharaoh to pharoah. Sincerely yours, CJ Song

[@proactivepronunciation]

Ah, thank you. A typo😉