
Okay, everyone, please be silent. I need you all to listen carefully and follow my instructions. I want the following individuals to go stand in front of the letter B: Debt, Doubt, and Subtle.
Now will Obscene, Scissors, and Scene move over to the letter C? And Wednesday, I need you to stand before the letter D.
Align, Assign, and Resign, head to the letter G. Gnaw and Gnome, please join them.
You all are doing great. Let’s have Echo, Scheme, School, and Weigh find your way to the letter H.
Knack, Knee, Knit, Kneel, and Knot, will you please stand by the letter K? Could and Would, would you mind, if you could, assembling under the letter L? Thanks.
Alrighty then, we’re making a lot of progress here. I’d like Autumn, Damn, Solemn, and Column to find your way to the letter N.
Pneumonia, Psychic, Pseudonym, and receipt, please move to the letter P.
Castle, Listen, Often, and Fasten, if you could find your way to the letter T, I’d appreciate it.
I’d like Build, Guitar, Guess, and Rogue to please make your way to the letter U.
And finally, Sword, Wrap, Wring, Wrong, and Wrist, I’d like you to go stand in front of the letter W.
Okay, everyone. You have each been selected because of your special characteristics. You will be participating in a very important job in the English as a Second Language class and your mission, as words with silent letters, is to really fuck with the heads of those poor, unsuspecting student who won’t know what hit them.
So be proud and go out there an wreak some havoc. No doubt your efforts will drive some of these folks psycho!
Written for Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt, where Linda has asked us to choose a word that contains a silent letter and use it in our post, or write about words with silent letters in general.
Haha! Hilarious. Perfectly summed up English language spellings
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I’m lost Mister Fan ….where do I go?……I’m maybe. Do I go with would and could?.
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Would you if you could?
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Now I’m so confused Mister Fan…….
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Great Post. Here’s my attempt at the prompt : https://inkdrops.blog/2022/09/10/silent/
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😂
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A very clever tale, I didn’t work it out at all 😊
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Fantastic, Fandango!
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Thanks, Punam.
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You are welcome.
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Funny, and so true, lots of rules on spelling. I before e, but weigh?
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😂
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Very wel ritten.
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I see what you did there! 🤣
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With scene is the s or the c silent?
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Your choice!
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Clever and creative, Fandango!
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Thanks, Annie.
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What fun! Now can someone explain it to me? 🤣 🤣
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It’s unexplainable.
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Love this fandango! Great take this week for socs!
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Thanks, Carol Anne.
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Hahahahaha! Great story! I love it.
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Thanks, Christine.
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I read somewhere that English (for a non-native speaker) is the hardest to learn. You’ve wittily pointed out some of the reasons why. 😆
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Thanks.
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Bravo!
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Excellent post. Good for a chuckle too. Though I do feel bad for anyone trying to learn English as a second language.
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Cute!
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I suspect that it’s not just the English as a second language students who struggle with this these days.
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Probably not. 😂
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I am so glad I learned English as my first language, because it IS confusing beyond words!
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That is for sure.
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