User:Rëdbl Speling/Sïlnt letr

There ar very few sïlnt letrs or combinätions of letrs in Rëdbl Speling. One of the möst frëquent cäses is that of the fïnl, "Sïlnt e".

Sïlnt letrs

 * sïlnt final "e"
 * non-fïnl sïlnt "e": eÿe, vegetbl
 * möst cäses ar dü to sïlnt fïnl "e" and a sufix: arängemnt - largely - incrësed - bäthes


 * sïlnt "r": In möst of the Ünïted Kingdm and small parts of North America "r" is sïlnt unless it is folöd bÿ a vowel. Howevr "r" is seldm redundnt, as the folöing pärs show: cat - cart; bet - Bert; bid - bird; shot - short; hut - hurt; pä - pär; hë - hër; hï - hïr; cü - cür
 * "oht" as /ɔːt/: boht - broht - foht - oht - soht - thoht
 * "alk" as /ɔːk/: chalk - stalk - talk - walk

The following list trïs to bë complët. All thës words ar either in Nö simplificätion or in Undesïrbl homnyms
 * sïlnt "h": hour, John
 * "gh" as /g/: ghetö, spagheti. Since "ge" sugests /dʒ/ we cn think of "ghe" as a trïgraph with very limited aplicätion.


 * sïlnt "k": knö, knew, knön
 * redundant "n": Ann, inn
 * sïlnt "o": coÿötë
 * sïlnt "p": psam
 * sïlnt "u": buÿ, four
 * sïlnt "w": two, where, whöl
 * redundnt "y": yü - yür - yü'd - yü'l - yü'r

Supressd sïlnt letrs

 * supressd sïlnt "b": aplom - bom - clïm - cöm - crum - det - dout - dum - lam - lim - num - plum - sutl - sucum - thum - wom;
 * supressd sïlnt "c": Cneticut - indït - musl;
 * supressd redundnt "c": aquïr - blak - sisrs - sïence


 * supressd sïlnt "d": hankrchëf/hankrchif - hansome - sanwich/sandwich - Wensday;
 * supressd redundnt "d": ajust


 * supressd sïlnt "e": chës - difrnt - ëvning - giraf - hart - vinyard;
 * supressd sïlnt "g": alïn - assïn - forin - nat - naw - sïn;
 * supressd sïlnt "gh": brït - caut - eit - flït - hït - hï - lït - nït - rït - sï - sït - slït - strät - taut - thö - thrü - tït - wei - weit
 * supressd sïlnt "g": bout - foht - oht - noht - thoht


 * supressd sïlnt "h": exibition - eir - onest - onr - vëicl
 * old "ch" as /k/: ancr - mecanics - scool
 * old "gh": göst
 * old "rh": dïarëa - rübrb - rÿm - rythm
 * old "th" as /t/: Antny - aparteid - apartïd - Nëandrtal - Tai - Tames - Tomas - tÿm
 * old "wh": wäl - wat - wen - wich - wim - wistl - wït


 * supressd sïlnt "i": busness;
 * supressd sïlnt "k": në - nïf - nit - nok - nolege;
 * supressd sïlnt "l": amond - cam - coud - haf - shoud - stak - tak - wak - woud;
 * supressd sïlnt "m": nemonic
 * supressd sïlnt "n": autum - colum - condem - dam - hym - solem;
 * supressd sïlnt "o": choclate - colnl - pëpl;
 * supressd sïlnt "p": cubrd - nümatic - nümönia - sorïasis - sÿchïatry - sÿcology - recët;
 * supressd sïlnt "s": ïle - Arkansa - ïlnd
 * supressd sïlnt "t": casl - lisn - ofn (also "oftn") - wisl
 * supressd redundnt "t": cach


 * supressd sïlnt "u": antiqe - cheq - gard - gitar - qü - risqë
 * supressd sïlnt "w": aknolege - ansr - ho - hos - rek - rinkl - rist - rït - sord
 * supressd sïlnt "z": rendevü


 * new homnyms: ïl - dam - sït - sïn - rït
 * homophones: hour/our - musl/mussl - tÿme/tïm - stak/stork - woud/wood

Cöalecence
The letr "i" in many sufixes sort of melts (cöaleces) with the precëding consnant.


 * "ti" = /ʃ/
 * -tion: combinätion - stätion - mötion
 * -tios: nütritios


 * "ci" = /ʃ/
 * -cion: suspicion
 * -cian: musician - tecnician
 * -cios: delicius - suspicius
 * -cial: special - beneficial


 * "si" = /ʒ/
 * -sion: confusion - vision


 * "ssi" = /ʃ/
 * -sion: permission - compassion


 * Other consonants
 * "di" = /dʒ/
 * söldier /ˈsəʊldʒər/


 * "xi" = /kʃ/
 * anxius /ˈæŋkʃəs/


 * Other vowels
 * rïteos /ˈraɪtʃəs/
 * öcean /ˈəʊʃən/

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