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Those who speak Arabic are usually unaccustomed to pronouncing {{IPA|/p/}}; they pronounce it as {{IPA|/b/}}. |
Those who speak Arabic are usually unaccustomed to pronouncing {{IPA|/p/}}; they pronounce it as {{IPA|/b/}}. |
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The worst word in the hole wolrd P. it is said that the legendary Shawn killed okohoijyo |
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==Codes for computing== |
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{{Letter |
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|NATO=Papa |
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|Morse=·––· |
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|Character=P |
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|Braille=⠏ |
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}}p is also used in the word potato |
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In [[Unicode]], the [[majuscule|capital]] "P" is codepoint U+0050 and the [[lower case]] "p" is U+0070. |
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The [[ASCII]] code for capital "P" is 80 and for lowercase "p" is 112; or, in [[Binary numeral system|binary]], 01010000 and 01110000, respectively. |
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The [[EBCDIC]] code for capital "P" is 215 and for lowercase "p" is 151. |
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The [[numeric character reference]]s in [[HTML]] and [[XML]] are "<tt>&#80;</tt>" and "<tt>&#112;</tt>" for upper and lower case, respectively. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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P is the sixteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (Template:Pron-en) is spelled pee.[1]
History
The Semitic Pê (mouth), as well as the Greek Π or π (Pi), and the Etruscan and Latin letters that developed from the former alphabet, all symbolized /p/, a voiceless bilabial plosive.
Usage
In English and most other European languages, P is a voiceless bilabial plosive. Both initial and final Ps can be combined with many other discrete consonants in English words. A common example of assimilation is the tendency of prefixes ending in N to assume an M sound before Ps (such as "in" + "pulse" → "impulse" — see also List of Latin words with English derivatives).
A common digraph in English is "ph", which represents the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/, and can be used to transliterate Phi (φ) in loanwords from Greek. In German, the digraph "pf" is common, representing a labial affricate of /pf/.
Those who speak Arabic are usually unaccustomed to pronouncing /p/; they pronounce it as /b/.
The worst word in the hole wolrd P. it is said that the legendary Shawn killed okohoijyo
See also
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to P.
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References
- ^ "P" Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "pee," op. cit.