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Ok, so, from what I am reading, there's really no question here

Silence wrote:
Upon the casting of this spell, complete silence prevails in the affected area. All sound is stopped: Conversation is impossible, spells with verbal components cannot be cast, and no noise whatsoever issues from, enters, or passes through the area. The spell can be cast on a point in space, but the effect is stationary unless cast on a mobile object. The spell can be centered on a creature, and the effect then radiates from the creature and moves as it moves. An unwilling creature can attempt a Will save to negate the spell and can use spell resistance, if any. Items in a creature's possession or magic items that emit sound receive the benefits of saves and spell resistance, but unattended objects and points in space do not. Creatures in an area of a silence spell are immune to sonic or language-based attacks, spells, and effects.

For this, we can determine that Silence stops sound from being *perceived*. We can write off the spellcasting to the lack of accuracy in the sounds because, really, if you can't hear yourself, the odds are you won't be able to tune your voice to accurately create the sounds required for spellcasting which should by any rights be fairly complex.

Does Silence stop you from screaming? No. Does it stop sound from being perceived? Yes. Why this conclusion? Because it prevents sound from *travelling*, hence it stops the vibrations that carry the sound, thus preventing the perception of that sound. It does not prevent the sound from actually being created.

As a sidenote; Good job on keeping things civilised :)