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**rushiddink** · 04-06-2006, 07:24 AM

For people from the UK when a word that starts with Ph it is pronounced as an F.An example of this is the name "Philip",which we pronounce "Filip",another example is"Photograph",which is pronounced "fotograph".Many people in the UK laugh at the spelling of "Phuket" because when pronounced with an F it becomes an English swear word.
From an English persons point of view Panrit would be closer and less confusing as it would be pronounced with a P instead of an F.

04-06-2006, 07:24 AM	#8
rushiddink Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	For people from the UK when a word that starts with Ph it is pronounced as an F.An example of this is the name "Philip",which we pronounce "Filip",another example is"Photograph",which is pronounced "fotograph".Many people in the UK laugh at the spelling of "Phuket" because when pronounced with an F it becomes an English swear word. From an English persons point of view Panrit would be closer and less confusing as it would be pronounced with a P instead of an F.
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