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[depglass]

English is the most illogical language as far as spelling goes.  Anyone care to come up with one worse?  This is a discussion, not a challenge.

[qvcfreak]

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@Shanus wrote:

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@occasionalrain wrote:

Why do we have both a C and a K? They're interchangeable and the only way of knowing which to use is from past experience, trial and error.

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@occasionalrain   A "K" usually only has a hard sound as in kangaroo. The "C" however, can have the hard sound as in card or the soft sound as in brace. 

And C is also needed in combination with H for words like Chair or Character

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[faeriemoon]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

I should have given it more thought before I posted.

Thank you to those who, while thinking me a bit dim, were kind not to mention it.

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LOL.  I have NEVER EVER thought you dim. 

[Sage04]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

I should have given it more thought before I posted.

Thank you to those who, while thinking me a bit dim, were kind not to mention it.

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@occasionalrain  that is so funny.  In my opinion it´s a very good dicussion.

My name begins with an S but two of my friends decided to use C instead even thought when sending them messages I would always say this is S--- but they still don´t get it.

[Ladybug724]

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@Sooner wrote:

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@Porcelain wrote:

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@sunshine45 wrote:

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@Porcelain wrote:

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@sunshine45 wrote:

so who knows why we use them together if the sound is the same?

tackle.....pick......tack.......pickle.....packer?

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I think that has something to do with the type of vowel sound. Pike = long I sound. Pick = short I sound. Bake = long A sound. Back = short A sound.

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perhaps @Porcelain , but then couldnt back be just "bak?" 

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You got me there. Chickens do say bok bok bok though, so there's that at least.

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@Porcelain Uh, I always thought chickens said "bwak bwak" like some people pronounce coffee "cwaffee."  

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Don't you mean they say "Bawk bawk" and "cawfee"? 

[Sage04]

This reminds me of Carrie from ¨King of Queens¨ Cawfee.

[MrsSB]

What a fun and interesting discussion!

I'd like to add in Hawaiian, we (they - I'm not Hawaiian, I just live here), don't have the letter "c"; only "k". And there is no "s" or soft "c" sound either.

[liliblu]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

I should have given it more thought before I posted.

Thank you to those who, while thinking me a bit dim, were kind not to mention it.

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Your question sparked a discussion of the rules of the english language.  It made many of us think.  I realized I'd internalized all of these rules.  I don't think about them when writing.  There are no stupid (dim) questions.