On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 01:12:12PM +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > 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! :)
I strongly believe that the 'sch' was originally two counds - an s and a separate ch sound. There's quite a few Germanic languages where this is so. I suspect that German has lost the distinction, rather than English acquiring one. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]