the silent letters thread

This should really help him out.

I'm stuck on one..maybe two...Shit. I am not helping!!!
There are a couple that I am stuck on. No wonder Bird is having a hard time.

Not your fault lakeofire

 

what are you stuck on?

 

fate-fat
calm-cam

I don't understand these two/four

 

without the "e" in fate it becomes fat the e isnt really pronounced and a cam is a projection on a rotating part in machinery, designed to make sliding contact with another part while rotating and impart motion to it. does that help you?

 

I have got to be over tired because I did not understand a word of that.

I appreciate the effort. I am sorry for my lack of understanding

 

haha dont worry about it, typically i dont understand alot of things.

 

why cant we just use letter how they were intended to be used, instead of making them silent

for example, the examples provided would turn to:

 

because different spellings also differentiate like knew and ne have two different meanings and your version of sign still has a silent "e"