Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

[Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>]

Nate Bargmann wrote:

> * Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> [2006 Apr 16 04:13 -0500]:
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> > On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 09:13 +0100, Chris Lale wrote:
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> > > Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > > > And "c" will still be needed for "ch" (as in "church", not the k
> > > > in school/skool).
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> > > Don't forget that the non-US pronunciation of "schedule" is soft 
> > > (sh-edule),
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> > Well, then pronounce it properly! :)
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> Then why do I hear Aussies (and some others) pronounce 'idea' as
> 'ide'er', or 'Daytona' as 'Daytoner'?
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> 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!  :)
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'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! :)