[good_gnu]

This is merely a different version of the old linguist joke that "In English, all letters are silent". Leaving this here for the interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_English_alphabet

[anon4]

"Queue is just Q followed by four silent vowels"

[moomin]

They're waiting in line...

[mannykannot]

Thanks for the link. One of the examples is the 'e' in 'like'. In this case, though it is silent, it affects the pronunciation of the word - of the 'i', specifically.