What Are You Thinking? Continued 14

Starting to think that phrase that nice guys finish last is the truth. Maybe I need a full change to my way of thinking….
 
Why doesn’t the word xylophone start with a Z?
I have always wondered that myself.
Because in Greek, the word it is based on (xúlon - "wood") should be pronounced with a "ks" sound, rather than a "z" sound. But we have shifted it.

My kid plays xylophone, so we looked it up one day.
 
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