The Spanish have dropped that useless 'ph' in words from the Greek; fotographia for photograph, foton for photon.
Also gone is 'pn', so pneumonia becomes neumonia.

"Unadulterated English" can be a pain if the OED is followed: flavour but flavorous.
Pope and Dryden had no truck with that 'u'.
Dryden- "Myrtle, Orange, and the blushing rose.. Each seems to smell the flavor which the other blows."

Many English spell recognize with an 's', which is wrong.