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.
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?