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This is merely a different version of the old linguist joke that "In English, all letters are silent". Leaving this here for the interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_English_alphabet

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"Queue is just Q followed by four silent vowels"

They're waiting in line...

Thanks for the link. One of the examples is the 'e' in 'like'. In this case, though it is silent, it affects the pronunciation of the word - of the 'i', specifically.

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