In spelling, the boys have to mark silent letters sometimes. The problem is, we actually pronounce some of those silent letters! I asked about a couple of the words on Facebook and it was split about 50/50 among my friends as to whether the letter was silent or not to them. Clearly, where Spelling-You-See is made, they are silent.

Words like could and would, the l is silent for us (as they are in the answer keys). Same with e’s at the end of words like have or place or one. But with words like talk and palm, we definitely say the l. Those are definitely not silent letters (and, so, I’ve changed my answer keys).