259 language/english/pronunciation/silent.letter.p
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This article is from the Puzzles FAQ, by Chris Cole chris@questrel.questrel.com and Matthew Daly mwdaly@pobox.com with numerous contributions by others.
259 language/english/pronunciation/silent.letter.p
For each letter, what word contains that letter silent?
language/english/pronunciation/silent.letter.s
aisle
comb
indict
handsome
twitched
halfpenny
gnome
myrrh
business
marijuana
knock
talk
mnemonic
autumn
people
psyche
cinqcents
forecastle
viscount
hautboy
plaque
fivepence
write
tableaux
prayer
rendezvous
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Unless noted otherwise, all words occur in Webster's Third New International
Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA, 1961.
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