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Q: English Etymology ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: English Etymology
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: narom-ga
List Price: $10.00		 Posted: 10 Jan 2005 12:20 PST
Expires: 10 Jan 2005 23:06 PST
Question ID: 455131 
What is the history of why "ph" is pronounced like an "f"?  What is
the origin of this and why didn't people switch the "ph" to "f" after
a while?  It's my understanding that words like "pharmacy" in Middle
English were written as "farmacie" (which seems to make more sense,
pronounciation-wise) but why the PH?  Like wise, why not have ALL
words in English spelled exactly like they sound?
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Subject: Re: English Etymology
From: pinkfreud-ga on 10 Jan 2005 12:28 PST		  
This may answer a portion of your question:

http://www.wordwizard.com/ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6958
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