Silent double-L?

[Steve Kl.]

A few of french origin, like maillot and paillard

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Are there any English words with a silent double-L in the middle?
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> Joel
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