Word pronunciation

I pronounce the C, because you're supposed to.

Do you live in the southern us?

A lot of people have speech disorders where you're at it seems.

If you invest in a dictionary, it will give the proper pronunciation of every word. Regional pronunciations are not necessarily correct, but often accepted.

Do you live in Australia? I pronounce it (pick-ture) but sometimes, it does come out as "pitcher".

They may THINK they're pronouncing the 'c', but some accents slur it into the rest of the word. But no, the 'c' is NOT silent.

Where do you live?

I call it a Pic...or as we say in SA, "Dit is `n mooi prentjie!"

Oddly is seem to me that it's the T that easily gets lost. When I say it it comes out like pic-chur, or even pic-shur if I'm talking fast.

same as people who say liberry for library... I always though it was because certain combinations of letters are difficult for some people to say. it's almost more like a speech impediment that way. although I've not heard other words containing "ct" said that way as often as i hear "piture", so maybe it's just something they learn or like a dialect.

Its not silent

But depending on where you live many words can be pronounced differently