A convergence of recent thoughts:
We do, in fact, have invisible letters in the English language.
The F in lieutenant (non-US pronunciation).
The R in colonel.
The F in draught. Or cough.
I've also noticed that the Pythons sometimes pronounce "idea" as "idear", which would be an invisible R. But I don't know whether this is a legitimate dialect or a failed attempt at an accent.
Can you think of any more examples of invisible letters?
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People with heavy Boston/New England accents put an invisible R at the end of many words.
We always chuckle at the announcer for the Boston Red Sox who says "Teener" for "Tina," "Odderwer" for "Ottawa" and so on.
The accent is famous for omitting Rs - "pahk your cah" - but it also adds in Rs where there are none!
So Boston has uncontrolable R's that can't be trusted to stay in their designated place.
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