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My poor GF knows English as a second language and was very embarrassed when I pointed out the L was silent, because she had been saying it that way her entire life.
But mostly to her parents who also speak Spanish, so mostly she was embarrassed that I had to tell her XD In Spanish you pronounce the L, so she didn't even consider that the L was silent in English (Because why would it be).
The L shouldn’t even be there in the first place. Why is it there just talking up unnecessary space?
Because without it, It would need to be replaced with another m to sound the same. Otherwise it would sound like same-on
I pronounced sword as svord up until 11, from self-learning D&D from an early age.