Is the L in Palm silent?
One topic on language certain to stir passions is the pronunciation of “l words” like salmon, almond, palm, and psalm. Both the OED and M-W list the silent “l” as the first pronunciation and the “l” pronunciation as a variant for the following words: alms, palm, psalm, and qualm.
How do you say hand in British?
Is the H silent in human?
H is silent in many English words, for various reasons. Not all such words that have come into English from French still have a silent h, however. Over the centuries we have come to pronounce the h in words like horrible, hospital, host, human, and humour.