Rob's Pages of Stuff

Some of it's even interesting...

Winchill and Humidity

Does it feel colder when the wind blows? Or perhaps hotter than the thermometer says when it is humid? Click here for an Excel file that calculates what the 'perceived' temerature really is - Windchill and Humidity Calculator (about 50kB)

 

Celebrity Real Names

Who are Reginald Dwight, Anna Mae Bullock and Rudolpho D'Antonguolla? Don't know? Then click here for an Excel file that has a list of many famous people's real names - Celebrity Real Names (about 60kB) 

 

Minerals

A useful Excel list of Minerals (about 50kB)

 

Every Letter of the Alphabet can be Silent in English

LetterExample of when silentPhonetic
ahead, bread, deafhed, bred, deff
bdebt, bomb, tombdet, bom, toom
cmuscle, yacht, indictmus-sel, yot, in-dite
dWednesdayWens-day
epirate, more, havepi-rat, mor, hav
fstiff, cuff, halfpenny stif, kuf, haype-nee
ggnaw, gnome, phlegmnor, nome, flem
hheir, ghost, nightair, gowst, nite
ifashion, cushionfash-un, kush-un
jmarijuanama-ri-waa-na
kknow, knee, knockno, nee, nok
ltalk, folk, salmontork, foke, sam-mon
mmnemonicnem-on-ik
nhymnhim
oleopard, jeopardylep-ard, jep-ar-dee
ppsalm, pneumaticsarm, new-ma-tik
qlacquerlak-ker
rmyrrh, catarrhmerr, catt-ah
sisle, aisle, viscountile, ile, vy-kownt
tthistle, fasten, mortgagethiss-el, far-ssen, mor-gage  
ubuild, guild, plaguebild, gild, playg
vfivepencefiy-pence
wwhole, write, swordhole, rite, sord
xtableauxtab-low
yprayer, mayorprare, mair
zrendezvousron-day-vu