2. SILENT LETTERS with RULES | English Speaking, Pronunciation, & Vocabulary, American English

SILENT LETTERS with RULES | English Speaking, Pronunciation, & Vocabulary, American English

    After Lucy's British English, I decided to explore Rachel's American English on the same topic of silent letters. She started the topic by introducing two examples (Wednesday-d debt-b) in a quiet voice to show the topic, which is very intriguing.

  There are overlaps in the lexis they used to introduce the silent letters, such as logically. Both mentioned the same thing about the change between double vowel sound and single vowel sound. For example, "quit" without "e" in the end the letter "I" is pronounced as the single vowel sound /i/ but "quite" with "e" in the end the letter "I" is pronounced as the double vowel sound "/aɪ/". I liked the way how she explained the word "akimbo" using gestures very much. Another thing I am impressed by is that she inserted the ad about "audible" naturally at the right time. It was used as an example as well as an ad, which is quite wise.

There are more surprises. She did not only mention words that are compatible with those rules but also demonstrated many exceptions. Also, I was surprised by the pronunciation of the word "fifth", in which the second "f" can be silent from the Merriam-Webster dictionary. 

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtT3GIO0Tqg