Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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English has a silent letter problem. The situation is so out of hand that it's often said that every letter of the alphabet can be found silent somewhere in our language.

So how did English end up like this? That's the question I aim to answer as we also examine whether every letter from A to Z can be mute.

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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction