Why is there a W in Answer?? I swear I want to know what two pot heads came up with English.
Dude… Answer… huhuhu swer… Answer… yeah put a W in it… hehehhe huhuh
lol… never thought of that, but what pot are you smoking to think this up? lol 
what abt plumber?
I was trying to send my girlfriend a text message and looked at the word after I typed it and thought wt? so I went and looked it up. It still looks funny now.
*Originally posted by [ minimalistik. ] *
**what abt plumber? **
easy.
For the same reason a Plumbob is the lead weight at the end of a string,
plumbers got their name, because they used lead pipes.
also why chemical sign is PB…
Rev
[Middle English answere, from Old English andswaru. See swer- in Indo-European Roots.]
I never understood the “psy” words.
Why does the p need to be there?
you can still hear a very tiny weeny ‘p’ in psychologist…
Basically, even though they can’t themselves be heard, they modify who the other letters around them sound…
Having double consonants identifies certain stressed syllables. It’s the same reason why there are two 's’s in ‘dessert’ and only one in ‘desert’, an example you most likely wouldn’t think of as odd.
Also some words (if not most) are derived from ancient languages such as Latin or greek, which is why when you look up words, you’ll usually find a few Latin origins.
If ‘plumber’ didn’t have that b in it, then you would pronounce it as “plumer” or “ploomer” (someone who feathers something?).
But you want an oddly spelled word? Try Onomatopoeia (pronounced ‘onamonapeeya’).
i know thats greek 
something to do with name.
Actually a lot of English words are derived from European languages, such as German. As well as Latin obviously, from when we were ruled by the Romans… 
And a few from Anglo-Saxon but if it typed them **** ****** ******* ********* is meaningless
*Originally posted by reverendflash *
**easy.
For the same reason a Plumbob is the lead weight at the end of a string,
plumbers got their name, because they used lead pipes.
also why chemical sign is PB…
Rev **
Pb derives from latin as my so learned colegue stated
oh what about tongue (no thats not an offer!!!)
