Mr Chris wrote:
But lots of words have silent letters in them that you don't pronounce... *worries some more*
Internets knows best wrote:
Today's Good Word is usually (mis)pronounced perogative, as a result of a process called ‘metathesis’, whereby the sounds [r] and [ê] switch places with each other. You hear it when words like different, veteran, prescription are pronounced [difernt], [vetern], [perscription], common across the southern US states. The pronunciation of these words, however, does not affect the spelling, so the first syllable in prerogative is always spelled P-R-E.