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Feb 20, 2013 11:19:21 #
Feb 20, 2013 11:36:01 #
Separates the s from the m so people won't think it's another shadowy government agency.
Feb 20, 2013 11:37:21 #
Feb 20, 2013 11:53:16 #
Feb 20, 2013 11:59:19 #
Feb 20, 2013 12:07:15 #
Pepper
Loc: Planet Earth Country USA
mwoods222 wrote:
Can anyone explain Who put the TH in asthma
The same genius that put the k in knife and the p in pneumonia and of course this list could go on for a very long time. It was all to help the foreigner more easily grasp the English language.
Feb 20, 2013 12:10:45 #
Feb 20, 2013 12:13:45 #
very interesting thanks
I am assured it is the same one who put the s in Carslile
I am assured it is the same one who put the s in Carslile
Feb 20, 2013 12:48:40 #
This is interesting. It seems it comes from the Greek word for 'wheezing' ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC464596/?page=1
Which begs the question, "Did the original Greek who coined the term have a lisp?"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC464596/?page=1
Which begs the question, "Did the original Greek who coined the term have a lisp?"
Feb 20, 2013 13:00:04 #
That last post was interesting wheezing ? Is that the origin of the word peeing ?
Feb 21, 2013 05:40:32 #
Feb 21, 2013 05:59:59 #
They tried spelling it azma, just didn't seem to send the right message, How about assma?
Feb 21, 2013 08:19:42 #
And the "Ph" in phone instead of an "F"..
Pepper wrote:
The same genius that put the k in knife and the p in pneumonia and of course this list could go on for a very long time. It was all to help the foreigner more easily grasp the English language.
mwoods222 wrote:
Can anyone explain Who put the TH in asthma
The same genius that put the k in knife and the p in pneumonia and of course this list could go on for a very long time. It was all to help the foreigner more easily grasp the English language.
Feb 21, 2013 08:21:34 #
Feb 21, 2013 08:24:43 #
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