GebbieRose   
Oct 11, 2006
| Clever one!  |
OldChinaHand
Oct 11, 2006
| ! .  |
Beckfield
Oct 11, 2006
| The "r" in February is not silent, if pronounced properly. The common practice of leaving it silent is a result of laziness. |
bhssoccer23
Oct 11, 2006
| Very cool!  |
scallio
Oct 12, 2006
| AISLE also has silent S and silent E. Also, I pronounce February properly with the R.
We need to correct this teaser, but I don't have time to think of other words with just a silent A and R. Anyone? |
MalcolmReynolds 
Oct 12, 2006
| Aesthetic is a silent "a"... and I can't think of anything with a silent R... but Feb-you-ary is acceptable, according to Merriam-Webster |
MrIxolite
Oct 13, 2006
| I agree that you should pronounce both R's in February however there will always be this debate on these types of teasers simply becasue this site broadcasts to a worldwide audience. Personally I think this teaser is clever enough for it to stay as it is. Good job |
blondebookworm
Oct 16, 2006
| yeah, I agree. it's fine the way it is and very clever! great job Gizzer! |
Question_Mark 
Oct 17, 2006
| Very clever Giz.
Now, the whole February ordeal. I pronounce the R. No wait, thats the R at the end of the word  . The other R I don't pronounce |
Battery
Oct 19, 2006
| Very clever |
Mad-Ade
Oct 19, 2006
| a silent "r" in February, how strange! I have spoken English for near on 37 years and never realised I was pronouncing it incorrectly. |
CountdownCrispy
Oct 22, 2006
| Pretty clever! (I still solved it.  ) |
schatzy228
Oct 22, 2006
| NICE QUIP MAD-ADE
coodent have sed it better myself |
MalcolmReynolds
Oct 22, 2006
| Well, according to m-w.com, both FebRU and FebU are correct. |
MrIxolite
Oct 23, 2006
| How does m-w.com suggest you pronounce Uranus? |
Mad-Ade
Oct 23, 2006
| quietly! |
MalcolmReynolds
Oct 27, 2006
| Clever as ever, Mrix. |
(user deleted)
Nov 03, 2006
| grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,,,,=^..^=,,,, |
jsdodgers
Jan 25, 2007
| good one |
rbasch
Apr 11, 2007
| Aisle has a silent A, S, E.
February can be pronounced with or without the R.
I do think the choice of words and the colloquial dialect will greatly limit the number of people who can solve this rebus. Maybe Aardvark would have been a better choice than Aisle. |
j9mattfield
Apr 11, 2007
| Well done - a brain workout. Everybody has already made the silent r comments. Thanks! |
anion
Apr 11, 2007
| I think it was great! I don't think it needs to be changed.
Good Luck trying to please everyone. |
coolpainter
Apr 11, 2007
| I didn't get it from the beginning |
kitty728
Apr 11, 2007
| FROM THE NAME OF THIS TEASER "quiet please" I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST 1 OR 2 (BUT SADLY DIDN'T) ....
still THIS WAS A GOOD ONE.... PS IS IT CHEATING IF YOU KEEP A DICTIONARY NEARBY...??
I MAY HAVE TO BUY ONE TO STAY IN THESE GAMES ... TKS, ALL
LATER GATORS, KITTY  |
leftclick
Apr 11, 2007
| I actually didn't think many of the "silent letters" were actually silent. A silent letter is one which doesn't affect the pronounciation - so if you remove it, the word you end up with should look like it is pronounced like the original word. I agree with people's comments about February and aisle, but the R in dossier isn't exactly silent - it's part of a sound from the French language. If you drop the R, you get a word that doesn't look like it is pronounced how "dossier" sounds. Also the E in lime isn't silent - it's part of the "long I" sound. If you remove the E you get "lim" which is clearly pronounced differently. Also, I didn't know whether it was a specific person (i.e. a name) or a general person that I was supposed to be looking for. All in all I think this teaser missed it's mark  |
bradon182001
Apr 11, 2007
| I didn't get it. When I saw the answer, it all made sense. Good teaser.  |
jabdr
Apr 11, 2007
| Clever one I had great fun paying with the words but didn't get the answer, Nice play on words |
doehead
Apr 11, 2007
| Some of the words were terrible choices!!!  |
cassiemark
Apr 11, 2007
| I didn't get it! When I saw the answer made perfect sense!
Everyone needs to quit complaining - this is supposed to be fun - you don't need to pick it apart!!! Just take it as it is intended - to be fun!!!!
 |
cassiemark
Apr 11, 2007
| I didn't get it! When I saw the answer made perfect sense!
Everyone needs to quit complaining - this is supposed to be fun - you don't need to pick it apart!!! Just take it as it is intended - to be fun!!!!
|
starrychelx
Apr 11, 2007
| I got the silent letter thing from the beginning, but I couldn't figure out the answer because I kept getting PSRTNER because to me, the silent letter in aisle is S, not A... in fact, when I read the answer, I thought it was a typo... but oh well, it sure was inventive! |
craniac
Apr 11, 2007
| Fun, but seriously imperfect. |
FatHead
Apr 11, 2007
| Good one! Gee. |
2ndhandrose
Apr 11, 2007
| I didn't get it either. I will now be more aware of silent letters as clues. Learned something. I pronounce Feb. with both R's. I had to really think so I'm really awake now. Tx for the challenge eh? Me  |
babycee
Apr 11, 2007
| ???????? |
jcann
Apr 11, 2007
| I agree with casssiemark. I like to have fun! |
tommysmo
Apr 11, 2007
| I have to agree that this one isn't universal. I say the two r's in February. I've also long held that silent letters should also be invisible! |
Pizzazz2u
Apr 11, 2007
| A Super Teaser, no matter what the others say. Some are correct about a few of the vowels. Americans, Canadiens, and others do get lazy with the vowels, but it seems we are also too lazy to offer replacements for these particular words. It seems we enjoy telling others about their mistakes, but to offer placement words for the words would be beyond their capabilities. Keep up the great work, though! |
GobyDude
Apr 11, 2007
| clever, but I really don't get it. |
bestgirl
Apr 11, 2007
| This is a rebus??????? |
auntiesis
Apr 11, 2007
| I would by proud of myself if I could make a rebus half as good as this one. Quit your complaining and enjoy the teasers as they are meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for all of your hard work for us... |
vlerma
Apr 11, 2007
| I agree with Auntiesis completely. I think this is an excellent rebus and teaser. I din't even think of the silent letters. As mentioned above somewhere, I learned something today. |
kauphi1976
Apr 11, 2007
| nice one.
I had no clue about this one :-( Need to start paying more attention to the names of the teasers ... i was trying to jumble words and last letters of the 5 words came to 'rtney' so i was thinkin courtney !
Genie-Ass |
composer
Apr 11, 2007
|
The A is pronounced as in Ah-Choo (Ah-ee-l); the S and E are the silent letters.
Only if you're lazy.
I can't believe M-W says it's okay to drop it.
Appalling! |
composer
Apr 11, 2007
| This should have read:
**Aisle has a silent A.**
The A is pronounced as in Ah-Choo (Ah-ee-l); the S and E are the silent letters.
**February has one silent R.**
Only if you're lazy.
I can't believe M-W says it's okay to drop it.
Appalling!
(Don't know what happened...) |
POPS
Apr 11, 2007
| That was a TOUGHIE But very good |
cloughme
Apr 11, 2007
| This teaser had potential, but missed the mark... |
karma48
Apr 11, 2007
|  I am sorry but this is the very first teaser that I have ever put down. I believe in correct pronunciation; and this is just wrong; SORRY: Try again! |
OhEmGee
Apr 11, 2007
| i liked this one!
cute
m e s s a g e m e |
Musikman212
Apr 11, 2007
| Well I don't care how you pronounce February or how many silent letters there are in Aisle. That was a good teaser. |
Musikman212
Apr 11, 2007
| I just realized, the fact that Aisle has more than on silent letter only serves to make the puzzle more challenging. Nowhere did it say that aisle had only one silent letter. |
jamy400
Apr 11, 2007
| Awesome teaser!!! I LUVED IT!!! |
zjw_91
Apr 11, 2007
| i liked it even though i didn't get the answer. |
notsosmart111
Apr 11, 2007
| AISLE also has silent S and silent E. Also, I pronounce February properly with the R.
so i would have neverhad it! |
Clover123
Apr 17, 2007
| Cool dude! |
Qrystal
May 11, 2007
| Wowee, people sure are harsh when they are upset about getting a teaser wrong. Hehee!
Anyways, I got PARTNER, didn't put it together with SILENT to get the answer. Oh well! |
Jimbo
Nov 16, 2008
| According to Wikipedia (which is never wrong ) the 's' is silent is Isle and presumable Aisle. Also a silent letter is one which does not affect the pronunciation phonetically so trailing 'e's are not regarded as silent because they do affect the way we pronounce words like 'fin' and 'fine'. Good concept but poorly researched. Too hard for me I'm afraid. |
thebrain789
Dec 20, 2010
| Just in case anyone didn't know the word "ptarmigan," it's a kind of bird. I know nothing else on then subject |
