Day by Dave by Dave Whamond for January 09, 2025

Superfluous?

The bird is the word!

The subtle “b” in the word “subtle”

Dumᵇ

Never know why it just isn’t “SUTTLE.” (Not subtle enough?!)

It bothers me that the silent B in subtle doesn’t bother me.

Illiterate…

Silent. Silent is the word you’re looking for.

French ?

….and

Know, knee, knife, knit, knob, knuckle Honor, heir, honest, rhinoceros, spaghetti Psychology, psalm, receipt, raspberrySilent B: Lamb, debt, subtle, dumb, thumb,Talk, should, salmon, calf, could, would,Debris, aisle, island, Ballet, buffet, listen, castle, whistle,Write, answer, sword, Science, indict, scent, Sign, gnat, align, foreign, design, assign, Bridge, ledge, edge, Mnemonic, Autumn, column

Whew! I need to wet my whistle now! ☺️☺️

Thank you Google!

B is so silent in subtle…………

Whoopee, it’s a spelling b, be, bee, B, Be, Bee …!

Subtle. To B or not to B, that is the question.

There is a stand up comic from Europe who does a whole skit about English as a second language and English words with silent letters, funny as h e l l.

I’ve noticed a few people over the years who actually say “sub-tul”…not sure if it is regional or they just overdosed on phonics.

Kind of like “often”. I grew up saying “off-en”, but then some grade school teachers made a big deal of saying “off-ten”…made me wonder if I was saying it right, but then I decided I didn’t care.

Where I live now, they don’t just say “off-en” but they drop a lot of Ts for some reason…“button” is “buh-un” and “subtle” is “suh-ul”.

I’m sure word nerds have written may great and learned papers on the subject…

The other letters probably wish the B would be silent.

You had to go there, didn’t you, Dave. Headache from eye rolling!

At work we had a p; drive. Our internal IT was talking to the home office IT. “Yes, problem is on the P drive as in p-sychiatrist.”

But how come the ‘e’ is answering? Isn’t it supposed to be silent?

hmm… I’ve never known Dave to B the suttle type….