What's In A Name?

Bob Goodwin USA bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Thu Apr 17 22:36:17 UTC 2008


Bob Goodwin USA wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
>>> Sulphur is an awesome name! It's interesting that they decided to 
>>> use the old name of the element, spelt with a ph rather than an f.
>>>     
>>
>>
>> ph is the correct spelling for real English and scientific usage...
>>
>>   
> And when I type sulphur my Mozilla Thunderbird spell check offers 
> sulfur!  I knew it had changed sometime over the last fifty or sixty 
> years.
>
>
> Bob Goodwin
>
>
And the dictionary:

    *usage* The spelling /sulfur/ predominates in United States
    technical usage, while both /sulfur/ and /sulphur/ are common in
    general usage. British usage tends to favor /sulphur/ for all
    applications. The same pattern is seen in most of the words derived
    from /sulfur.


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