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\"tire

This wheel is missing a tyre, or, in Portuguese, “pneu.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Usually, in English, a word such as “Pneu” would understandably have a silent “p,” but not so in Portuguese.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese pronunciation of this word is:<\/p>\n

Pee-noo, which means “tyre.”<\/p>\n

I first saw the word on signboards and notices in Brazil, and I assumed that the p would be silent, but that was until I heard a Portuguese-speaking man ask me where I had bought the “pneu” of my motorcycle.<\/p>\n

Here’s a little knowledge base:<\/p>\n

Roda = wheel<\/p>\n

Pneu = Tyre<\/p>\n

Pneu is pronounced: Pee-noo<\/p>\n

I guess the patterns of silent letters in English just are not the same in Portuguese. Well, obviously.<\/p>\n

Since the letter “P” is already pronounced “pee,” can we therefore assume that the word has no “unnecessary letters?” No silent letter either!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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