Is T silent in robot?
The word by itself, none of the letters are silent. But in the case of the phrase “ Robot Cop “ the “ t “ is silent.
Why is robot pronounced Robit?
As /u/Czechmate and others said, the word “Robot” is of Czech origin. In Czech, robot is pronounced [rɔbɔt] in IPA (with Scottish-like ‘r’). There is no other possible Czech pronunciations. So if somewhere it’s pronounced as “robit” it must be later variation after the expression was adopted by English language.
Why do people say robot?
The word ‘robot‘ was first used to denote a fictional humanoid in a 1920 Czech-language play R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti – Rossum’s Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek, though it was Karel’s brother Josef Čapek who was the word’s true inventor.
How do you say robot in America?
Here’s how we say ROBOT in American English.
- RO bot (2 syllables)
- Emphasize the O in the first syllable. Make this O sound like /ow/ as in Rose.
- The sound of the O in the second syllable is slightly reduced. Make this O sound like /ɑ/ as in Olive.