A few days ago
csucdartgirl

What’s up with the letter F ?

I mean F takes a vacation in telephone by farming out his space to “ph”. And, F takes a vacation in tough by farming out his place to “gh”.

Why is F so lazy?

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A few days ago
Experto Credo

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F starts a lot of unhappy or anygry words, so it needs some time away
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A few days ago
snoopy l
Because English (like America!) is a hybrid of things from other places.

“Ph” in phone is from French. And “gh” in tough and rough is from Dutch/German.

So when Ph and Gh come to visit, F is a good friend, and lets them have their say. 😉

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A few days ago
Scotty Doesnt Know
It’s not just the letter F. It’s the whole freakin’ alphabet. Recently, I came across the word GHOTI. It insisted on being pronounced “fish.” I asked why, and it (rather adamantly) stated that the “gh” was pronounced like it was in the word “enough”, the “o” was pronounced like it was in the word “women”, and the “ti” was pronounced as it would be in the word “insertion.” Hence, “ghoti” is herewith and forever to be pronounced “fish.”
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A few days ago
aprilmacfadden
f=ph and f=gh therfore, gh=ph remove the variable h, and you have g =p

so , if g =p and both =f then f doesnt have to work so hard as it has two letters to replace it.

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A few days ago
2Cute2B4Got
F eats too much

Food and is now too

Fat and

Fatiqued to have any more

Fun

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A few days ago
Anonymous
the letter F has FALLEN a sleep,been on the booze again.
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A few days ago
aWellWisher
It is more on the tongue than on the pen!
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A few days ago
Anonymous
He is used a lot in the word F*CK, so he needs a little break.
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A few days ago
lana s
He is top heavy.
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A few days ago
Mrs. S
Because he’s a PHAT PHRUSTRATED PHART!!!
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