>On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 04:31:18PM -0700, John Baltutis wrote: >: > >What's the point of having silent letters in words like "honest"? >Or words that change sounds without changing spelling, like "read" >(REED) vs. "read" (RED)? Yes, we are a few foreign language students who have been asking ourselves that very same question! ;-) -- Lars Bertelsen Technical manager & lead developer Attention Software ApS Tel. (+45) 33251070