pumatic or newmatic?
pumatic or newmatic?
(OP)
I was told once that in Euorpe they pronouonce pnuematic "pumatic" and of course in the USofA we pronounce it newmatic."
This seemed to make about as good sense as anything we tend to do with languages.
Is the first comment true or is pnuematic of French origin and silent p there also...or?
This seemed to make about as good sense as anything we tend to do with languages.
Is the first comment true or is pnuematic of French origin and silent p there also...or?
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johnwm
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Greg Locock
RE: pumatic or newmatic?
I'm hoping I don't get a bunch of people jumping in and explaining that silent letters can indicate how a vowel should be pronounced. First off, there are so many exceptions to the rules, that the rules mean nothing. Secondly, there are much easier ways to indicate the pronunciation of a vowel.