In a message dated 98-02-08 13:40:01 EST, Brent writes:
<< Au contraire. "silent" means "no sound". In fact the real sound of that x
phoneme (oftentimes written 'ch') is even greater than 'h', which is not
silent in any event. If the x in Texas were silent, the pronunciation
would have been described as "Te-as" ("Tay-as"), but it's not. >>
Gracias Brent!
peg e