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pronunciation - discuss - disgust
0 A student recently asked me why the "c" in discuss sounds like "g", as in "disgust". I explained it well, and the student understood. However, I would like to know the technical terminology for this sort of English pronunciation phenomenon. Does anyone know a pronunciation or linguistics type word to refer to this sort of thing? 0-
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12 b 10 I explained it well, and the student understood. However, I would like to know the technical terminology for this sort of English pronunciation phenomenon. Does anyone know a pronunciation or linguistics type word to refer to this sort of thing?
- 12 b 10 I explained it well, and the student understood.
- However, I would like to know the technical terminology for this sort of English pronunciation phenomenon.
- Does anyone know a pronunciation or linguistics type word to refer to this sort of thing?
- 12 blockquote 11 b 00 The letter 'c' in 'discuss' doesn't sound like 'g'.
- I believe 'c' has the sound of 'k'.
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 A student recently asked me 11 b 10 why the "c" in discuss sounds like "g", as in "disgust". 12 b 10 I explained it well, and the student understood. However, I would like to know the technical terminology for this sort of English pronunciation phenomenon. Does anyone know a pronunciation or linguistics
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00 I was going to say that those are two different sounds, but I checked on Merriam Webster, and it says "disgust" can be pronounced kind of like "discust", with a /k/ sound instead
01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 A student recently asked me why the "c" in discuss sounds like "g", as in "disgust". 12 blockquote10 Hi, 02 br
00 I was going to say that those are two different sounds, but I checked on Merriam Webster, and it says "disgust" can be pronounced kind of like "discust", with a /k/ sound instead
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