I believe the question here is: Why do some words spell with a silent letter? --OR-- What role do silent letters play in the spelling of some words like 'honest', 'honour', 'pneumonia', etc?
Hope I am correctly understanding the question though have no convincing answer. On 4/17/09, Suryanarayana <surya.ga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi sir, > Sorry I couldn't understand your cleary. Can you please elaberate it? Please > mention what is your doubt? > Surya. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mahesh Narasimhan Iyer" <maheshde...@gmail.com> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:55 AM > Subject: [AI] hi list members good morning a small query please answer > > >> Dear Friends >> I have got more words but with different letters. I would appreciate >> if someone can provide us with logical explanation. The words are- >> Honest, Honour, Psychology, Pneumonia, Physics, Philosophy, Xerox >> -- >> Good friendship is like the relationship between eye & hand! If the >> hand is hurt, the eye will cry! & when the eye cries, the hand will >> wipe the tears!!! >> With best regards, >> Mahesh Narasimhan Iyer >> Mobile No.: +91 9899353960 >> E-Mails: maheshde...@gmail.com, mahesh_de...@rediffmail.com >> Skype: maheshdel88 >> >> >> On 4/17/09, Sasi Kumar <c.sasikuma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Here is my question I.E,well one of my friend went for an interview in >>> A college for an english lecturer job. >>> There she was posed A question i.e: >>> Why do letter K remains unpronounced in some words for example in A >>> word knowledge or knife? >>> >>> The moment she expressed this doubt i thought of knowing reason behind >>> it. >>> Hence i request you to help me in this regard. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> c.sasikuma...@gmail.com >>> skipe id sasikumar84 >>> mobile 09966334769 >>> land line 0877-2237248 >>> office phno 08772264386 >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >>> with >>> the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please >>> visit the list home page at >>> >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- Best Regards, Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala... Hello : 9769371152 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
