Timeline for "Ph" for the /f/ sound; Is Old English responsible for this swap?
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| Feb 27, 2022 at 9:07 | comment | added | Ben Jones | @RobertFurber you forgot "phonème" 😋 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 17:12 | comment | added | WS2 | @RobertFurber Quite right - my apologies. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 13:37 | comment | added | Robert Furber | @WS2 What about "philosophie", "photographe", "phénomène" etc.? | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 20:20 | comment | added | user9383 | +1. But why did the French use "ph" for /f/, if the French language was already using "f" for this phoneme? | |
| Mar 30, 2011 at 13:08 | history | answered | JSBձոգչ | CC BY-SA 2.5 |