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[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Portuguese really likes dropping C's doesn't it

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Everybody most hated letter. It doesn't make anysense.

CA sounds like KA CE sounds like SE CI sounds like SI CO sounds like KO CU sounds like KU

[-] bricklove@midwest.social 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It wasn't always this weird but C spent too much time hanging out with E and I and they started to influence C. "Ke" and "ki" became "kye" and "kyi" and eventually "che" and "chi" then in some places it turned to "she" and "shi" then "se" and "si". Now we even have "the" and "thi" in some Spanish dialects.

In german ck is just k or kk, ch sound like something stuck in throat or hiss, sch is sh.

Only reason need c to make harsh sound.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

There was an international agreement in the 1970s about that. I imagine Portugal didn't like any bit of it.

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