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  • I spent quite some time reading about phonetics last night...

    @mespilus the K is not silent: /ksi/. I don't know the IPA symbol for the sound Brits add between the /k/ and the /s/, perhaps @fizzy.bleach can enlighten us.

    @mdcc_tester I was thinking of the greek letter ξι?

  • I agree the original 'ksi' does not have a silent 'k',
    and doesn't when used in mathematics,
    but, when misused in 'english' words, with a leading 'x',
    the 'ks' comes out as a 'z'.
    Xenon is never Ksenon.

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