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Originally Posted by dow
Why is the word, "phonetics" spelled with "ph" instead of an "f"? Wouldn't "fonetics" be more phonetically correct?
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Because when English spelling was first standardized, they choose to keep the spelling of a word's perceived "root language". Meaning that French words would be spelled one way, Norse words another, Greek yet another, etc etc. This silly tradition has continued with words adopted into the language to this day.