11-09-2015, 05:54 PM
1. U R welcome Jitterbug
2. I was enlightened by other peoples postings on this thread, so, thank you.
3. I re-read my own posting, and if I hadn't written it, I wouldn't have understood parts of it. Hence, my appoligy for appearing scatterbrained. (It was the duration of the response which was responsible as well as the scope.)
4. Very off topic: I wondered about the silent T in some English words such as HUSTLE and found a short list. But since I am here anyway, as R U, this datum was interesting:
The article, “On ‘Silent T’ in English,” by James W. Bright, appeared in the journal Modern Language Notes in January 1886.
As Bright explains, the “t” in these words is an acoustically “explosive” one, and to sound it after an “s” or an “f”—both of which expend “considerable breath”—is “especially difficult and obscure.” Consequently the “t” sound is assimilated into its surroundings and becomes silent.
However, the “t” sound persists in some other words spelled with “-stl” and “-ftl,” like “lastly,” “justly,” “mostly ....
2. I was enlightened by other peoples postings on this thread, so, thank you.
3. I re-read my own posting, and if I hadn't written it, I wouldn't have understood parts of it. Hence, my appoligy for appearing scatterbrained. (It was the duration of the response which was responsible as well as the scope.)
4. Very off topic: I wondered about the silent T in some English words such as HUSTLE and found a short list. But since I am here anyway, as R U, this datum was interesting:
The article, “On ‘Silent T’ in English,” by James W. Bright, appeared in the journal Modern Language Notes in January 1886.
As Bright explains, the “t” in these words is an acoustically “explosive” one, and to sound it after an “s” or an “f”—both of which expend “considerable breath”—is “especially difficult and obscure.” Consequently the “t” sound is assimilated into its surroundings and becomes silent.
However, the “t” sound persists in some other words spelled with “-stl” and “-ftl,” like “lastly,” “justly,” “mostly ....
