Pronunciation: silent letters (learn English with pie)

Which letters are not spoken? This video is from www.podcastsinenglish.com, the efl/esl site for learners and teachers of English.

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[ATG0009]

Now who says?...English pronuciation is not an universal accepted language!

It all depends where you go....or where you are. For example if you go to New York, you will hear a different pronunciation than if you go to New Zealand. That's why there is so much confusion about the right way to pronounce a word.

[podcastsinenglish]

@ATG0009 We agree. However, we are English and this video is for students who want to learn British English. The pronunciation is that of standard British English, but there are still many variations.

[LuizBakaDragon]

Whoa loved your videos, helped a lot, since my contry is not a native speaker and I wanted to learn more

[podcastsinenglish]

@LuizBakaDragon Thank you!

[Westy269]

talk is not a silent letter word otherwise it would be tak

[podcastsinenglish]

You are quite right that the letter 'l' makes the 'a' vowel longer in this word. This is the same as 'r' in 'fork', otherwise we would say 'fok'. However, 'talk' and 'fork' rhyme because we do not say the letters 'l' or 'r', they are silent. ('Talc' is an example of pronouncing the 'l')

[MrsLedgerDepp]

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[brunocoriolano]

great job. I liked it.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

english is fucked up

[verdeja16]

Your video sucks!

[tiany2009]

great