How do you pronounce Muscels?
Is the C silent in muscle?
The silent c: Miscellaneous muscle
A bit like the ‘k’, the ‘c‘ is usually a hard sound (unless followed by an ‘h’; ‘ch’ is soft, think ‘cheese’, ‘cheers’). However, when following an ‘s’ it is often silent. ‘Muscle‘ – we say the same as ‘mussel’, the seafood.
Is the G silent in strength?
So, the “g” is not actually pronounced as a “g,” but it is not a “silent” letter either. It is actually pronounced in words such as “anger” and “linger”—but the same sort of thing does not happen in “strength” and “length” because of the “th” sound that follows immediately after.
How do you pronounce mussels and muscles?
So, now you know that muscles = mussels are pronounced the same way – in the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet it is – /ˈmʌ.