Name: How the English language would sound if silent letters weren’t silent - BBC
Uploaded: 2025-02-18T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 4 min 40 s
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Basic passive voice

The English language was created by English people.

I don't know when, but we decided to get letters to form words so we could communicate.

But we also decided to sprinkle, for no apparent reason, letters within these words.

Nobody has ever said, I'll see you in an hour.

I'm just going to pick up the sandwich, I'll be back in an hour.

The word subtle, would anybody object if it was spelt S-U-T-L-E?

But there's a B in the middle going, shh, just ignore me.

I don't know, I was destined for another word, baboon, but here I am with you.

How I long to be in the word baboon, where I have a purpose.

Like all those words that should begin with N, but have a K of all the letters.

I've been thinking about this, as you can probably tell, and I think we should have a day.

Sometime in the autumn, mm, in the autumn, in the autumn, mm, in the autumn, mm.

Could be in February, I haven't thought of the same day.

And we will spend the day together, families together, talking, talking, and walking with all the walks.

And climbing, climbing, climbing, climbing.

People will save up their knitting to do on silent letter day.

And the knife is the only cutlery that you're allowed to use.

No other cutlery is allowed on silent letter day.

There's salmon and swordfish and sandwiches and yoghurt.

All the flavours are very subtle, very subtle flavours.

And the gnome will be the symbol of silent letter day.

Like Father Christmas, at Christmas, the gnome, everybody gives each other a gnome to celebrate.

Happy silent letter day, I got you a gnome.

I kept it hidden in the cupboard for months.

I cut the woo-wrapping paper with scissors.

I used scissors to cut the woo-wrapping paper.

I'm so sorry, I forgot, I didn't realise.

You'll never listen, you'll never listen.

I'm not giving you a gnome, I'm sorry, I'm taking it back to the shop.

And at the end of the day, we will celebrate with champagne.

Friends from Skohul.  Grab a knife, help yourself to lasagna.

And at the end of the day, when we are knackered, we go to sleep at half past the hour.

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How the English language would sound if silent letters weren’t silent - BBC

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