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Monday, April 20, 2026
Why receipt has a silent p
Receipt once meant receiving. Its silent p was added to reflect Latin, while recipe kept an older pronunciation from the same root.
from Home of English Grammar
https://www.englishgrammar.org/receipt-silent/
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