"I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently.……" — P.G. Wodehouse
"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."
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P.G. Wodehouse
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