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Silent letters

Em muitas palavras da Língua Inglesa, a grafia é diferente da pronúncia.

As letras que não são pronunciadas (mudas) são chamadas de Silent letters.

Nas palavras abaixo, as letras entre parênteses geralmente não são pronunciadas.

Silent letters : Vowels

Asp(i)rin
bus(i)ness
choc(o)late
comf(or)table
diff(e)rent
ev(e)ning
ev(e)ry
int(e)resting
rest(au)rant
marri(a)ge
med(i)cine
om(e)lette
secret(a)ry
sev(e)ral
temp(e)rature
us(u)ally
veg(e)table

Silent letters: Consonants

clim(b), com(b), dum(b)
mus(c)le
han(d)kerchief, san(d)wich, We(d)nesday
champa(g)ne, forei(g)n, si(g)n
bou(gh)t, cau(gh)t, ou(gh)t, thou(gh)t
dau(gh)ter, hei(gh)t, hi(gh), li(gh)t, mi(gh)t, nei(gh)bour, ni(gh)t, ri(gh)t, strai(gh)t, throu(gh), ti(gh)t, wei(gh)
w(h)at, w(h)en, w(h)ere, w(h)ether, w(h)ich, w(h)ip, w(h)y
(h)onest, (h)onour, (h)our
(k)nee, (k)nife, (k)nob, (k)now
ca(l)m, cou(l)d, ha(l)f, sa(l)mon, shou(l)d, ta(l)k, wa(l)k, wou(l)d
autum(n), hym(n)
(p)neumatic, (p)sychiatrist, (p)sychology, (p)sychotherapy
cu(p)board
i(r)on
i(s)land, i(s)le
cas(t)le, Chris(t)mas, fas(t)en, lis(t)en, of(t)en, whis(t)le
g(u)ess, g(u)ide, g(u)itar
(w)rap, (w)rite, (w)rong
(w)ho, (w)hose, (w)hole