The "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the

Language is not static; it changes all the time. In fact, the t-sound used to be correct. Quote: "Often was pronounced with a t-sound until the 17th century, when a pronunciation without the /t/ came to predominate in the speech of the

Phonics shows letter-sound correspondence patterns that exist in traditional spelling (what I call tradspel). It looks at letters and letter strings (letters in sequence) and shows how sounds are commonly spelled by them. Phonics is good for

) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be

But it is, of course, complete baloney, hooey, nonsense, and ... from "hanbag", but I'm by no means sure of that. He made no claim about your speech, he just said that if your are sounding the "d", it is a spelling

Some on your list may lose the "d" less easily ... the back, but it is still plausible that some do. Now who's being condescending? What was condescending? Do you mean that I was stating things that you already know? If so, that

That is, of course, baloney. Handsaw, handbook, handgun, hand-carved, hand-reared, handguard, handbell, hand-etc...handbag. A hambag would be a bag to put ham in. Some on your list may lose the "d" less easily than others depending on

Native speakers of English don't, unless dictating to children. In ... or "handbag" (which in rapid speech is indistinguishable from "ham-bag"). I'm English and have just a vestige of a "d" in handsome and a

I understand that one of the reasons for English being ... However did printing presses also play a role in this? It has nothing to do with the Norman invasion. By the time the first printing presses came into use the ruling classes had long been

I have not heard that, but increasingly often ... rarely correcting mis-hearings by reading (well-edited) texts. I completely agree with the curmudgeon, yet another manifestation of the prevalence of televison over reading. It even extends to ...