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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by umanwizard on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:54AM (#16132212)
What do you mean by “without the h sound” ? “Charcoal” doesn’t have an h sound as far as I can tell.
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by monort on Friday January 12, 2018 @10:15AM (#16133452)
They probably mean voiceless alveolar affricate, similar to "zz" in Italian pizza.
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by ronyclau on Saturday January 13, 2018 @01:27AM (#16138516)
The first syllable in charcoal reads "tʃɑ:" in IPA. I was referring to the "ʃ" sound, formally the "voiceless palato-alveolar fricative" according to Wikipedia.
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by umanwizard on Saturday January 13, 2018 @07:20PM (#16142181)
So, a “sh” sound, right?
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