Re: Con-Alphabets & Real Languages

laokou scripsit:

> (final "c" without an accompanying "k" is weird, too [for English]).
In the 18th century it was, but "music" for "musick", "critic" for
"critick", "sceptic" for "sceptick" have been accepted since
Dr. Johnson's day.  Perhaps you mean "in stressed syllables".

> (German, I believe, now also has the same three-way distinction for "ch").
Yes, e.g. "Chance" /Sa~s@/.

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