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'''p''' is silent at the beginning of a word before '''n, s, t''': '''pterodáctyl, pneumátic, pneumônia, pseûdonym, ptàrmigan, Ptómely''' and in '''recêipt''', which rhymes with '''decêit'''. | '''p''' is silent at the beginning of a word before '''n, s, t''': '''pterodáctyl, pneumátic, pneumônia, pseûdonym, ptàrmigan, Ptómely''' and in '''recêipt''', which rhymes with '''decêit'''. | ||
It doubles only in the middle, to shorten the preceding vowel: '''hópping''' (cf. '''hópped, hôped'''), '''flóppy''' (cf. '''flóp'''), '''snápped, háppy, háppen, náppy, rípper, cúpped, stépping''', and after an initial vowel as in appŏrtion, appŏintment, apprôach, applŷ, opportûnity, úpper. | It doubles only in the middle, to shorten the preceding vowel: '''hópping''' (cf. '''hópped, hôped'''), '''flóppy''' (cf. '''flóp'''), '''snápped, háppy, háppen, náppy, rípper, cúpped, stépping''', and after an initial vowel as in '''appŏrtion, appŏintment, apprôach, applŷ, opportûnity, úpper'''. | ||
ph = f: Phílip, trôphy, phenómenon, grāph, apóstrophê, Philadélphia, | '''ph''' = f: '''Phílip, trôphy, phenómenon, grāph, apóstrophê, Philadélphia, phãraôh''' (-rô) but '''Stêphen''' = '''Stêven'''. | ||
Before p, n becomes m: impŏrtant, cómpost, cf. -nf- in informâtion, confŏrm (which can be pronounced *ímformâtion, *comfŏrm). | Before '''p''', '''n''' becomes '''m''' (with the exception of '''ínpùt'''): '''impŏrtant, cómpost''', cf. -'''nf'''- in '''informâtion, confŏrm''' (which can be pronounced *ímformâtion, *comfŏrm - as can *impùt, cf. '''impûte'''). | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 1 December 2008
P is the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet. Its name is pronounced like the vegetable pea.
Use in English
p is an unvoiced bilabilal stop, an unvoiced b (compare pén and Bén), a popping sound with the lips in the same position as b and m (as in mén). Examples (the accents show stress and pronunciation: see English phonemes): póp, pâper, plûral, pêople, pét, pépper, pénsion, ápt, flípped, câper, apàrt, stoôp, recoûp, groûp, bürp, hàrp, stóp, cóp, rôpe, hŷpe, tŷpe.
p begins consonant clusters: ápfelstrudel, Dáphnê (-fn), aphrodísiac (-fr-), plús, apnoêa, présent, Épsom, ápt.
p is silent at the beginning of a word before n, s, t: pterodáctyl, pneumátic, pneumônia, pseûdonym, ptàrmigan, Ptómely and in recêipt, which rhymes with decêit.
It doubles only in the middle, to shorten the preceding vowel: hópping (cf. hópped, hôped), flóppy (cf. flóp), snápped, háppy, háppen, náppy, rípper, cúpped, stépping, and after an initial vowel as in appŏrtion, appŏintment, apprôach, applŷ, opportûnity, úpper.
ph = f: Phílip, trôphy, phenómenon, grāph, apóstrophê, Philadélphia, phãraôh (-rô) but Stêphen = Stêven.
Before p, n becomes m (with the exception of ínpùt): impŏrtant, cómpost, cf. -nf- in informâtion, confŏrm (which can be pronounced *ímformâtion, *comfŏrm - as can *impùt, cf. impûte).