double consonant, as cockle, pickle.

L.

L has in English the same liquid sound as in other languages.

The custom is to double the l at the end of monosyllables, as kill,
will, full. These words were originally written kille, wille, fulle;
and when the e first grew silent, and was afterward omitted, the ll was
retained, to give force, according to the analogy of our language, to
the foregoing vowel.

L, is sometimes mute, as in calf, half, halves, calves, could, would,
should, psalm, talk, salmon, falcon.

The Saxons, who delighted in guttural sounds, sometimes aspirated the l
at the beginning of words, as hlaf, a loaf, or bread; hlaford, a lord;
but this pronunciation is now disused.

Le at the end of words is pronounced like a weak el, in which the e is
almost mute, as table, shuttle.

M.

M has always the same sound, as murmur, monumental.

N.

N has always, the same sound, as noble, manners.