why is there a P in pneumonia ??

Question

why??
and how did they come up with p+h=f??
i think it should just be phone
everything there is a rule for there are words that rbeak it
"i before e...except after c"

"A,E,I,O,U....and something Y"

knight?
knee?
know?
why the random k's how did they figure putting them there? and making themnot even matter???


no wonder people have such a hard time with english

Answer 1

Hi
i don't know why there a 'k' in "know" and 'p' in "pneumonia" but where ever you see it, you automatically pronounce the way its read. They wanted to make 'p' and 'h' used frequently instead of using 'f' but unfortunately they made it very difficult to understand it, and again Pho= phoo(its stretching it long) and fo= fo(not stretching the word).
And one more reason I think is that they had very few words and they wanted to increase the number of words so they used 'K' in front of "night" to make a new word.
I hope that's "enough", one more word with 'gh'

Answer 2

How Do You Spell Pneumonia

Answer 3

That's why english is so hard to learn...we have rules but sometimes they don't apply for no reason at all...like K and to a lesser extent P are fairler common exceptions as silent letters but then there's an O in *opossum*...

As for the PH=F thing once again there is really no reason...just a way of spelling...

As the language evolved from old english and earlier languages some rules were changed making words that used to follow rules not follow them anymore. Combined with the fact that many words that were "slang" of some sort became proper english now we have a language that usually follows rules but still has many exceptions.

Sorry I know i'm a bad speller but I hope I helped.

Answer 4

English grew from many languages including Greek, Latin, German, and many others. Spellings often have to do with the origins of the word. It is easier to understand why and and remember how words are spelled if you look up the entymology of a word. English is difficult to learn but it is a very rich language and constantly changing. That what makes it so interesting. Let's not kill it's richness by deciding to spell everything phonetically. Doing that will cause people to lose track of where words came from. Take the time to look them up. You will be surprised at how much you learn and how many other words you will learn by doing so.

Answer 5

Hmm....

The two words 'Prime' & 'Minister' are always pronounced 'PriMinister' in news bulletins! The word 'mortgage' is pronounced 'morgidge'!.

The English language is fun isn't it? If you look at the abysmal way people in here write, spell and punctuate, it becomes clear that education is clearly not happening. Or,put another way..in texters language....

Ifya luk@da absml way ppl ere rite,spell&puntuate,it bkums clr dat eductn is clryl nt apning.

Alan L.

Answer 6

You actually say it. If you spell p out for a kinder gardener it makes a special pausing sound. You feel it deep within your chest.

And when you say pneumonia its the same idea.

And all that stuff i just wrote is a buncha bull crap. Some moron just decided to put a p there

Answer 7

I do not know why P is there in pneumonia but I know it is silent there. P is silent also in psychology and also in swimming pool.

Answer 8

from Gk. pneumonia "inflammation of the lungs," from pneumon (gen. pneumonos) "lung," altered from pleumon "lung," lit. "floater," from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to swim" (see pulmonary). Alteration in Gk. perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe."

Answer 9

Coz the dictionary guyz is stupid

Answer 10

why is there a P in "Psychology"