Re: CHAT: weird names

FFlores wrote:
> I really don't like <c> for /tS/... I just can't get accustomed. I've
> used <ch> and <tj>.
Hmm, I've always disliked <ch> for /tS/, especially if there is no other
<c>, the <h> just seems unnecessary.  If it weren't for the fact that
<c> meant /k/ or /s/ (usually) in English, I'd prefer cerc for "church",
unfortunately, {cerc} would look like /sr=k/, however, such a spelling
would be used in at least a few of my aborted spelling reforms.

However, in Old English and Italian, <c> represents /tS/ before front
vowels, the Old English being my inspiration for using it for /tS/.  In
fact, in all of my spelling reforms, <c> is /tS/, with /k/ and /s/ being
represented by {k} and {s}.  Conhistorically, I said that when the
reform was made, {ch} was an acceptable variant of {c}, but eventually
they realized that the {h} was unnecessary, since it doesn't distinguish
it from anything else.

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