To: tet68
Well, well. The silent "p" was put by some scientist in the 16th century.
26 posted on
05/27/2006 12:58:22 PM PDT by
Ptarmigan
(Ptarmigans will rise again!)
To: Ptarmigan
That "P" probably was taken from the word Pemican
which is a food made up of suet, currants and jerked Ptarmigan.
27 posted on
05/27/2006 2:05:21 PM PDT by
tet68
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