English (language): What is the purpose of using silent letters in words, such as "psycho"?
Why do some English words have silent letters when they have no use? For example: "k" as in know
What English words are rarely known to people? Why don't we change the English language so that all words are spelled as they sound? Which english words contain only vowels? Which English words are now disappearing? What are some less known English words? In English, are the letters 'k', 'p', and 't' aspirated or not? What are examples of words with double vowels? Which letter names in English are often confused when spoken? What are the least used words in English with a great meaning? Why are most old foreign words still used, despite its semantic void can already be considered filled/supplied by its own words? Are X, Y, Z useless letters? In sumerian is it possible that we are simply missing certain enunciation in the same way the Japanese originally could not not pronounce the L sound? Why does English retain archaic spellings, instead of reforming to match how things are pronounced, like other languages do? Why do we have unused prefixes in some words, like Pneumatic? Why can't the Japanese speak English well? Why do North Indians mispronounce so many English words? Are there words in two different unrelated languages, that have same meaning and are nearly pronounced the same? Why do people like silence? How native English speaking kids are trained to spell any pronounced word? How do born-deaf people learn to pronounce words? How has the 'w' sound pronounced in words like why or what evolved among native speakers of English, particularly in the US? How many words are there in the English language that contain only consonants? Why do British narrators on Japanese NHK force their version of English vowels onto Japanese words? Am I the only person this annoys? How do native English speakers pronounce a word they have never seen before? Why are there differences in spelling of certain words between American English and British English? What are some words that exist in English but don't exist in Japanese? What is the meaning of Silence? What are some words that exist in Japanese but don't exist in English? Which languages do not use an alphabet? How come the letter "y" is, at least in American English, considered only sometimes a vowel? Why does this have to be treated differently from any other letter?