Nate Bargmann wrote:
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Apr 16 04:13 -0500]:
On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 09:13 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
And "c" will still be needed for "ch" (as in "church", not the k
in school/skool).
Don't forget that the non-US pronunciation of "schedule" is soft
(sh-edule),
Well, then pronounce it properly! :)
Then why do I hear Aussies (and some others) pronounce 'idea' as
'ide'er', or 'Daytona' as 'Daytoner'?
If 'schedule' wasn't meant to be pronounced 'skedule', then there would
be no 'c' in it. Don't want to waste a consonant, dontcha know! :)
'sch' has its root in German where it is pronounced 'sh', the 'c' being
silent. When we anglicised the Germanic word 'schule' it became 'school'
with a 'k', perhaps because people applied English phonetics to a German
word. Not so with 'schedule'. It just goes to show that in a living
language there is no one correct set of rules, only different
traditions. Its just that your tradition isn't as wonderful as mine! :)
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