How to pronounce the "bt" combination in English words?
Words like "debt, subtle, doubt", we don't have to pronounce the "b" sound. Does this rule apply to other words? Are there any other common examples?
P.S Where is the Q&A function on italki. As far as i can remember, it exited long ago and i found it quite useful. Why did they delete it?
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I'm not sure it applies to subtle though, which is frustrating. :P
By the way, I switched to Mandarin on the site and I still found the answers tab, third in the menu dropdown. It might still be using the English version and just translating though. It seems strange they would design a feature and leave it out for some users though.
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对啊，更新了之后，社区都没了
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I saw a saying online that says: if the letter b is behind M or in front of T, then it is silenced. The examples would be: climb comb limb tomb thumb dumb debt subtle doubt. However, i totally agree with what you've said above about the two syllables.
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Thank you Rue very much for your answer. I guess the reason why the b in Thumbtack is silenced is that we don't pronounce the b in the word Thumb. So it also works for those words like "thumbprint, thumbnail, thumbscrew".
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still couldn't find it. I guess they design it different for Chinese users. :P
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