I know we all love spelling/grammar questions

5 posts & 3 voices | Started 7 months ago by andrewh | Latest reply from andrewh

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andrewh - Member

so is there a proper name for a silent letter at the start of a word, specificaly a k?

Posted 7 months ago #
Militant_biker - Member

If it was a 'k' as in knight, it could be considered a endocentric digraph, or simply an empty letter.

Posted 7 months ago #
andrewh - Member

Empty letter answers the question.
Endocentric diagraph and a quick search on google then wikipedia has provided enough info the joke I was writting, with a slight change from a silent letter to a double letter.
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Thanks MB. STW beats google yet again.

Posted 7 months ago #
IHN - Member

Endocentric diagraph and a quick search on google then wikipedia has provided enough info the joke I was writting, with a slight change from a silent letter to a double letter.

Sounds hilarious

Posted 7 months ago #
andrewh - Member

I'm going for slight chuckle rather than rolling in the isles.
Start slow and build up...

Posted 7 months ago #

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