Dave Nicholls
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Yeah, thank you.
I think lots of British speakers say, thanks, thanks.
And they do it like an F, like F, F. But it should be F.
Thanks.
Thanks.
If your tongue isn't between your teeth when you say thanks, then perhaps you're saying it like a British native speaker.
Because a lot of Brits say it wrong.
Excellent.
Yeah, I couldn't agree more.
It's great advice.
So, the third sound is the silent letter.
And I think that we have a lot of silent letters in English spelling, sadly.
And it makes it very difficult to pronounce words.
But there are some…
tips that you can learn to make it easier.
For example, we often have a silent B. In a lot of words, we have a silent B. For example, comb, tomb, womb.
All of these words have a B when we spell them, but none of them have a B when we say them.
They often say bomb, bomb.
They put a B at the end and at the start.
And they say comb, tomb.