Why do so many words in English begin with a silent “p” like psychiatrist or pterodactyl?
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Fun fact: helicopter comes from the roots “helico” which means spiral and “pter” which means “winged” or “flying”
It’s helico-pter. But people tend to call them heli-copter.
Wait, you are not supposed to pronounce it ?
Know why you can’t hear when Pterodactyl’s go to the toilet?
The pee is silent.
Know why you can’t hear when Pterodactyl’s go to the toilet?
The pee is silent.
Mom used to (jokingly, -ish) tell me to put on a sweater or I’d catch “pee-neumonia”.
Which is VERY different from aspirating urine, and not at all what she meant.
Probably.
Wait, you are not supposed to pronounce it ?
They don’t. Not the way I’m saying it. I’m convinced we need to voice every letter written. That is the way.
They don’t. Not the way I’m saying it. I’m convinced we need to voice every letter written. That is the way.
Mom used to (jokingly, -ish) tell me to put on a sweater or I’d catch “pee-neumonia”.
Which is VERY different from aspirating urine, and not at all what she meant.
Probably.
Because some rascal decided that English pronunciation had to make no sense, so letters like P and K at the start of words shouldn’t be pronounced anymore. Same for some instances of G.
I like to imagine a Gnat-ridden Gnome KniGht on campaiGn against Pterodactyls stabbing a Psychologist in the Knee with a Knife by desiGn because he Knew too much about a Knotty affair.
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