Comedian Calls Out This English Language Oddity — And It’s Absolutely Hysterical

A comedian called out this oddity of the English language, and it’s absolutely hysterical. The funnyman, Michael McIntyre, brought attention to something that everyone has encountered at one time or another, and he’ll have you doubled over with laughter. Watch the short but terribly funny clip to hear the comedian talk about this peculiarity of the English language.

It's been said that English is one of the hardest languages to learn. It makes sense, right? You’ve likely been speaking it and writing it your entire life, and there are probably still several things about it that still confuse and confound you. This is after being required to take English throughout school.

One of the big reasons it is such a challenging language to understand is that English has all kinds of rules. However, there are also exceptions to every rule you were taught in English class. Admittedly, this can be tough for students to comprehend. But one of the strangest and most inexplicable quirks of the English language is the widespread use of letters that seemingly have no business being in a handful of words, simply because they are silent.

In a clip posted on YouTube, Michael highlights this odd feature of the English language. Hilariously, he points out some of the common words that we say that have silent letters attached to them, pronouncing them as if those letters were given a voice.

Additionally, Michael proposes adding a new holiday to the calendar, which he would call “Silent Letter Day.” Of course, on Silent Letter Day, everyone says and celebrates the many different words with unused letters.

In a matter of moments, Michael will have you, much like the studio audience, doubled over and laughing deliriously. You likely will not be able to look at some words ever the same without thinking of Michael’s hysterical bit on silent letters.

Proverbs 16:24 “Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.”