In the word 'sandwich', if you looked that up in the dictionary, you WOULD see the D sound. But it's actually never pronounced that way.
Silent D words
The letter D is silent in some words that pair it up with the letter G, as in bridge, ridge, edge, ledge, and hedge. It also doesn't have much to say in some pronunciations of the words handsome and handkerchief. Lastly, the first D in the word Wednesday seems to have taken the day off.
And why don't we pronounce it? As it turns out, Wednesday actually has Germanic linguistic origins. It is derived from the Old English word, Wōdnesdæg, which honors the Germanic god Wodan.
The loss of the first "r" in the pronunciation of February is (in part) the result of a process called dissimilation (or haplology), where one of two similar sounds in a word is sometimes changed or dropped to avoid the repetition of that sound. (A similar process sometimes occurs with the pronunciation of library.)
Frank pronounces the word “sandwich” with a certain twang that is familiar to anyone from an Italian neighbourhood in Montreal. “'Sangwich' is just the way Italians pronounce it—we pronounce it wrong.
There are many people around the world happily saying 'sangwich' instead of 'sandwich' too. Apparently, it's a common mispronunciation within the Italian-American community in New Jersey, New York, Canada and also some Spanish speakers. This makes a lot of sense.
Silent D: The letter D is silent when it comes just before the letters N and G. Examples: Wednesday, pledge, grudge, cadge. The letter D is also not pronounced in the following common words: handsome, handkerchief, sandwich.
Say “ID when the word ends in a t or d sound. Say “D when the word ends in a vowel or other voiced sound like the m, n, ng, l, b, d, g, v, th, r, z, zh, or j sound. Say “T when the word ends in a voiceless sound like a p, k, f, or sh sound.
The term butty is British slang for sandwich; it comes from the shortened version of saying “bread and butter,” and the chip butty itself dates back to 1863, a time when fish and chip shops and cafes were sprouting up all over Ireland and England for the first time.
The correct spelling is "sandwich."
Toastie = A toasted sandwich that is both cut and sealed. Toasted Sandwich = A sandwich that has been toasted either under the grill, in a frying pan (Elivs Style) or in a sandwich press.
The word butty, originally referring to a buttered slice of bread, is common in some northern parts of England as a slang synonym for "sandwich," particularly to refer to certain kinds of sandwiches including the chip butty, bacon butty, or sausage butty. Sarnie is a similar colloquialism.
Why do some people pronounce the word sandwich as “SANG-witch”? It's common among first-generation Italian and Spanish speakers trying to approximate that N-D-W combination of sounds, which don't exist in their native language. The closest sound in their phonetic inventory is a Gsound.
Letter 'b' is silent in 'plumber'. Letter 'b' is generally not pronounced if letters 'm' and 'b' occur together in a word. Examples : plumb, comb, tomb, plumber etc. This rule is applicable when letters 'm' and 'b' are the parts of the same syllable.
The reason why the r in 'iron' is absent in British English is because the r is followed by a consonant now (followed by /n/ in /'aɪərn/) and British English is non-rhotic, meaning the r is only pronounced when followed by a vowel.
There is a silent "d" in the word "Wednesday" .