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  • Useful: howtospell.co.uk/gh-words But if you start picking out examples like this, English will be almost impossible to learn! :) Why 'knife', why 'campaign' and 'champagne', why rendezvous and so on...! Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 6:19
  • Yeah, i know..that's why is just stuck to 'F'. Because "Elephant" is like one of the first words we learn right ? So this question has been left unanswered for over 2 decades. Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 6:21
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    English is the PHP of human languages. Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 13:34
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    @PaulD.Waite All this time I've been saying "Pee Aytch Pee" but now I think I have to start saying "Ffffp". Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 13:56
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    Filipinos vs Philippines! Commented Dec 4, 2015 at 12:59