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"Why is there silent letters in the English alphabet."

I get really anoyed with silent letters such as the b in crumb there is no point.

I think you'll find it's a snooker "cue". Does anyone know their english in here!?

Or the que as in snooker que.

Serious Dave wrote:
> i agree like why isnt queue just spelt like Q?

Because Q is a letter, queue is a word; see the difference?

*dons his auld mans hat*

In my day, a remark about punctuation like you young miscreants are doing would have resulted in a whipping with a cane...you don't know when you were born...

*takes off his auld mans hat*

i agree like why isnt queue just spelt like Q?

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I get really anoyed with silent letters such as the b in crumb there is no point.