What bother means?
transitive verb. 1 : to annoy especially by petty provocation : irk It bothers her when people litter. bothered by the itchy tag on his shirt. 2 : to intrude upon : pester Don’t bother him when he’s working. 3 : to cause to be somewhat anxious or concerned My stomach is bothering me.
How you say bother?
Is the T silent in exactly?
In practice, yes it is virtually silent unless one makes a special effort to pronounce it. When we have a consonant cluster here /ktl/ one sound is often not heard. The linguistice term for it is “dissimilation”.