Hard Ch Words In English orthography spelling is determined by etymology the origin of the word rather than phonology the pronunciation though there are limits to which sounds a spelling can represent For instance in most words that come from Latin or Greek but not via French words spelled with a ch a pronounced by Americans with a hard k sound
Apr 4 2017 nbsp 0183 32 It s annoyingly hard to find a non Wikipedia reference but this borders on common knowledge Loanwords from a few other languages have amp langle ch amp rangle pronounced as k for example dachshund a type of dog from German or loch quot lake quot from Scots There are many examples of words where ch is pronounced k including chemistry character chaos mechanic technology anchor Christ stomach and so on The quot ch quot in classical Greece was pronounced as a voiceless velar plosive which is the sound you mentioned so this is an older linguistic form of the quot ch quot pronunciation that pre dates the
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Apr 19 2015 nbsp 0183 32 You don t need any other rule to explain why lt g gt is hard in agglomerate aggregate aggressive niggard In native English words double quot soft g quot d is spelled lt dg e gt In normal English words like bridge or ledge that have quot short quot vowels and that end in d the general pattern is to use lt dge gt to spell the final sound This is comparable Sep 5 2020 nbsp 0183 32 I have always been pronouncing the word quot cello quot and quot ciao quot with a s sound but today I found out that they were actually t ch It is t lo and t a The letter C gives t sound rather than s which is what it should give before E and I Almost all other words in which C comes before the letter E and I give s sound
Feb 21 2015 nbsp 0183 32 The main exceptions to that pattern are some words ending in stion bastion combustion congestion counterquestion countersuggestion etc or in ntion attention contention convention circumvention etc which instead carry in typical U S English a ch sound at the beginning of the final syllable Jan 22 2023 nbsp 0183 32 The version with mash is not known for sure until 1961 although a book published in 1931 The BBC s Recommendations for Pronouncing Difficult Words which I recommend to Mr Hislop stipulates the traditional pronunciation makination This suggests that people were already going wrong in those days
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In the English language what works for most people is usually the correct answer in other words it s a democratic language In this case saying kar would imply to the listener that you are aware that it s a short form of character However is char stands in Aug 13 2014 nbsp 0183 32 In L the ch was treated as c hence in Romanic it remained k in archangelus in other words it became in It arce arci Pr Sp Pg arce OF arce later arche whence G erz Du aarts The OED actually goes on for miles and miles but the important part about the k is covered in the quoted part above Here s the next
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Hard Ch Words - Feb 21 2015 nbsp 0183 32 The main exceptions to that pattern are some words ending in stion bastion combustion congestion counterquestion countersuggestion etc or in ntion attention contention convention circumvention etc which instead carry in typical U S English a ch sound at the beginning of the final syllable