Skip to content

American Free News Network

Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.

  • Home
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Government
  • Sports
  • Media
  • About Us
  • Authors
  • Donations
  • Login

Phonetics

The Silent Letters That Speak Volumes: Unraveling the Mysteries of ‘Knife’ and ‘Gnome’

April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 by David Manney
Silent Letters Speak Volumes.

The quirks of English often become fodder for humor. Jokes about spelling “gnome” with a silent ‘g’ as in “knife” play on the absurdities of silent letters.

Categories Education Tags Grammar, Phonetics Leave a comment

AFNN Fellow Travelers

Although at this time, AFNN accepts no advertising, we do try to promote the efforts of people and organizations who we believe share our value set. We encourage our readers to give them a look.

  • David Webb Show
  • Deployment Cigars
  • DanBongino.Com
  • American Thinker
  • Canada Free Press
  • HeartLand Institute
  • Red State
  • Restore Liberty
  • Wrong Speak Publishing
  • MAGA Institute
  • Newsalert Blogspot
  • Liberty Lighthouse
  • Seton Motley
  • Tea Party 9-1-1

Recent Posts

  • Trump DHS uncovers HUNDREDS of illegal voting cases
  • Faith, The Founders, And Free Enterprise
  • Highlights of the Week with Don Surber
  • It Took An Immigrant To Stand Up For American Values
  • Russian drone SHOT DOWN in NATO airspace

Recent Comments

  1. Walt Tollefson on The Biblical Warning Against Consulting the Dead
  2. Mike Thiac on The Infantry: The Guys Who Get the Dust While Everyone Else Gets the Glory
  3. Mike Ford on Muslims and Their Silent Invasion of America and Europe
  4. Jim White on Muslims and Their Silent Invasion of America and Europe
  5. Dana Pico on Bitter old women against MAGA: The neo-Never Trumper clowns say we are not conservative

AFNN Login

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
2026 © | AFNN is Powered by Anthony Marchese 🇺🇸