Admiral Cod
AN ESSAY IN ATTITUDES
29 April 2014
Psmith
“I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such words as ptarmigan, psalm, and phthisis.”
P.G. Wodehouse
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Psmith, Journalist
(1915)
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Per Varios Casus
01 May, 2014 10:45
"Psmith. The p is silent, as in pshrimp."
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