![]() We don’t sound the hard ‘guh’ sound of the ‘g’ in these words, but its inclusion does give a slight lengthening of the vowel sound – ‘for-reyn’. ‘Foreign’ is a classic example – the only thing ‘foreign’ in that word is the ‘g’! ![]() There are many words which sound normal, and should be spelt in a normal simple way – and all of a sudden there’s a ‘g’ in there. Other key words with silent ‘c’s include: ascend, ascent/descent, fascinate, fluorescent, incandescent, obscene, scene, scenario or scented. Likewise, the ‘c’ works in slightly softening what would otherwise be a very hard, hissy ‘ss’ sound. ‘Scene’ for instance, has the first sound slightly further forward in the mouth than ‘seen’, it’s rhyme. Whilst you do not hear the c, it does slightly change the sound.
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