Wordnik.com: Silent P: Comments

Comment by Prolagus, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:07:22 +0000

Yes, pdefinitely!

Comment by zuccaciyecioglu, about 1 year ago

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:06:30 +0000

It's not at the beginning, but how about raspberry? I mean, c'mon. That's awesome.

Comment by Prolagus, about 1 year ago

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:51:54 +0000

Ptisan :-)

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Sat, 10 May 2008 02:40:01 +0000

How about soundproof toilet?

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:12:24 +0000

If a P falls over in the forest and there is no one there to hear it does it make a sound?

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:09:39 +0000

psychedelic?

Comment by sarra, about 1 year ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:57:52 +0000

ph combinations ought not to count, as if the p really were silent then the word would begin with an h sound—which none of them do. The ph can be dropped as a whole though, I've just found out.

I'd pronounce the initial p in the German words.

Comment by vega, about 1 year ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:18:58 +0000

Great list! There's also phthisis and psionic.

Comment by bilby, over 2 years ago

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:28:55 +0000

Reminds me of that old sign:

WELCOME TO OUR SWIMMING OOL. IT HAS NO 'P' IN IT AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:02:41 +0000

Good question. The OED. But they're British so they say lots of things wrong. :) Here, I'll put them back.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:29:57 +0000

Odd. In the eyeball world, the p is pronounced in neither word (pterygium or ptosis). Where are you seeing that they're pronounced?

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:48:20 +0000

Well, I looked up the pronunciation of ptosis, and apparently the p is supposed to be pronounced! So while it's a cool word, it doesn't belong on this list. More's the pity. :(

Same with pterygium.

Of course I found this out AFTER I added a citation... Ergh...

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:30:02 +0000

Oooh. One more: pterygium.

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:19:07 +0000

...and ptosis

Comment by chained_bear, over 2 years ago

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:25:00 +0000

Thanks Abraxas! I was hoping to add to this list as I came across stuff, but you've saved me some time.

Comment by abraxaszugzwang, over 2 years ago

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:30:34 +0000

how about the x-men character psylocke? Then there's pterodactyl, psalm, pseudonym, Ptolemaic, and, of course, the variations on psyche