Q: Why are trees very forgiving?
A: Because in the Fall they “Let It Go” and in the Spring the=
y “turn over a new leaf”.
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Q: Why do leaves fall far from dogwood tree=
s?
A: They’re afraid of the bark.=
Q: How do =
leaves fall from trees, but how do they travel from one town to town?
A: With autumn-mobiles.
Q: What is it called when a tre=
e doesn’t think it’s autumn?
A: =
Disbe-leaf.
Q: Why is Fall the cutest season?
A: I=
t’s called “Awwtumn”.
Q: What did a tree fighting with autumn s=
ay?
A: That’s it, I’m leaving.
Q: Why were so many people collecti=
ng leaves under one particular tree?
A: It w=
as poplar tree.
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Q: How did the maple leaves and the elm leaves get along?
A: T=
hey signed a peace tree-ty.
~~ANSWERS TO SILENT LETTER QUIZ~~
(LOTS of other a=
nswers, but these are the most common ones)
1. Silent L
Lots of “L” words are silent, while the worst is a colo=
nel. But L is also silent in a wide variety of words: could, should, would,=
calf, half, chalk, talk, walk, calm, palm, and psalm.
2. Silent C
Everyone recognizes “C” as silent after S in w=
ords like science and scissors. But it is also thrown into acquire, indict,=
and muscle to confuse young spellers.
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3. Silent Q
“Q” is tough and usually pronounced simply as the Q sound unl=
ess you’re an alcoholic woodworker and addicted to lacquer or liquor.=
4. Si=
lent H
The “H” at the beginning =
of heir, honesty, and honor has nothing to say. Neither do the ones in rhym=
e or ghost. I’m still trying to figure out BOTH the H’s in rhyt=
hm.
5.=
Silent E
The word sleeve has an excessive n=
umber of E’s. English does not like to leave V’s all alone on the ends of w=
ords. This explains, then, words like leave and give, but there’s no excusi=
ng the E in words like imagine.
6. Silent T
“=
;T” is inaudible in ballet, castle, listen, whistle, and asthma.=
7. Silent =
K
The silent “K” is familiar beg=
inning words that should start with N, including knee, knife, knight, knit,=
knob, knock, knot, know, and knuckle.
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8. Silent O
An extra “O” is added to up the vowel count in enough, rough,=
tough, jeopardy, leopard, and people, but colonel takes the prize.
9. Silent M
Since I use devices to help memorize, words l=
ike mnemonic have that rare missing “M” lack of sound.
10. Silent S
“S” is missing it’s sound i=
n aisle, apropos, debris, isle, and island, not say nothing of bourgeois.
11. Sil=
ent B
Most silent “B”’s come a=
t the ends of words and just after M: bomb, climb, comb, crumb, dumb, lamb,=
limb, numb, plumb, thumb, tomb. Or not. They can be silent in debt and sub=
tle, too.
12. Silent G
“G” has no busi=
ness being in sign nor phlegm. Yet because of our borrowing words from othe=
r language groups, a silent G is also seen before N in gnarl, gnash, gnat, =
gnaw, gnostic, gnu. And then, without reason, it is also mixed into high, t=
hough, and through.
13. Silent N
Like silent =
220;B”, silent “N”’s comes at the ends of words and=
after M: autumn, column, hymn, or solemn.
14. Silent D
Some evil mind added “D” to make spelling bees challeng=
ing with words like handkerchief or handsome. But hand it to Wednesday for =
the cruelest joke of a spelling.
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15. Silent P
Tech=
nical terms, again borrowed into English, include pneumonia, pneumatic, psa=
lm, psyche, psychology, and even pterodactyl. Remember the old Dad Joke =
211; Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because its=
“P” is silent.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected]=
www.grif.net
"Jesus Know=
s Me, This I Love!"
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