Is it wrong to pronounce the P in psychology?
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Is it wrong to pronounce the P in psychology?
The ‘p’, usually a popping sound made at the front of the mouth, is silenced when it precedes an ‘s’. Most of these words with silent ‘p’s are to do with the mind or the medicine of the mind: Psychology, psychiatry, psyche, psychological, psychotic or pseudo.
What is the P in psychology?
A p-value (also known as calculated probability) is a hypothesis test that is used to determine the significance of the results from a study. It is the probability that the results from an experiment or study are due to chance and not the experimental conditions.
Why are there silent k?
However, silent ⟨k⟩ and ⟨g⟩ occur because of apheresis, the dropping of the initial sound of a word. These sounds used to be pronounced in Old and Middle English.
Why can’t we pronounce “PS-” as a word in English?
Because /ps-/ is not a licit syllable onset in English phonology. When languages borrow a word from another language, they typically pronounce it as best they can; this is influenced by constraints that their language places on what ‘is pronounceable’ and what isn’t.
Why are there so many words with a silent p?
Most of these words with silent ‘p’s are to do with the mind or the medicine of the mind: Psychology, psychiatry, psyche, psychological, psychotic or pseudo. Indeed, when p or ‘ps’ starts a word it is almost always medical. This is thanks to its Greek origins.
Why is there a p in the middle of words?
Indeed, when p or ‘ps’ starts a word it is almost always medical. This is thanks to its Greek origins. ‘Pneumonia’ – caused when you catch excessive cold – also has a silent p, so it is pronounced ‘new-moan-ee-a’. Finally, you’ll every now and then find a silent p in the middle of a word, such as ‘receipt’.
How do you pronounce the P in ‘pneumonia’ and ‘phone’?
, Writer, thinker. The ‘P’ in psychology, pneumonia and phone is silent, not absent. You can pronounce the ‘P’ by starting these words with pursed lips. You don’t need to, though, because nobody does that in real life. One would look funny doing that.