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I can see why they did it, 'phat kaphrao' might be mispronounced as 'fat kaphrao' ('phat' being the stylistic way of spelling fat on the internet).
by SPBS 3y ago
I can see why they did it, 'phat kaphrao' might be mispronounced as 'fat kaphrao' ('phat' being the stylistic way of spelling fat on the internet).
- xnorswap 3y agoIt's not an internet thing, "Ph" is pronounced like F almost everywhere in English, e.g. "Gopher" or "Phone". It makes little sense to transliterate a non "F" sound to Ph. ( And apparently this practice has roots from the even older transliteration of Phi )