Why does c sound like s




















Mary - March 27, , am Reply. Sue - August 6, , am Reply. I think this is regional. Up north and in Scotland ,Celtic is pronounced s, whereas in Wales it is pronounced k.

The football team, Glasgow Celtic, pronounced with s but the hotel near Newport, Celtic Manor, pronounced k. Jeff - May 8, , am Reply. Till - May 8, , pm Reply. Tyler - December 6, , am Reply. Examples: ocean, crustacean, politician, provincial, official or appreciate. Anonymous - August 21, , am Reply. Stuart Cook - August 26, , am Reply. Anas jaafar - January 11, , am Reply. Jalal - February 2, , pm Reply. Harshavardhan - June 18, , am Reply.

Kiran - August 12, , pm Reply. Niel - October 30, , pm Reply. Deeb Hasan - January 1, , am Reply. Hi, I expect we need to learn the word as it is pronounced by the dictionary. Abdennacer - January 3, , am Reply.

Anonymous - March 19, , pm Reply. Anvi Panda - May 26, , pm Reply. Anonymous - June 18, , am Reply. Anonymous - October 15, , pm Reply. Notify me of new posts by email. Here's a 6 minute video I made about one way to do it. Note that the spelling CC is sometimes followed by a letter E but the sound is still "k", e. CC is like other doubled letters, its main purpose is to tell you to say a "short" vowel before it, as in raccoon, Mecca, piccolo, broccoli and buccaneer.

Typically, but not always, we write CK instead of CC. Also, either a single or double C might represent a "ch" sound in some Italian-origin words e. For more reasons why English Spelling is so Weird and Wonderful check out my ebook in the spelling shop. Let's do a spelling test. Answers 1. I received some exciting news yesterday. To succeed in life it's necessary to keep learning.



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