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Why isn't "phonetics" spelled phonetically?

Asked by basp (4811points) September 12th, 2008 from iPhone

I’ve always wondered why the word “phonetic” isn’t spelled like it sounds as the meaning of the word might imply. We should be spelling it “fonetiks”. Right?

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