or did K and S steal C's sound
2006-07-27 12:40:10 · 15 answers · asked by Japan_is_home 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2006-07-27 16:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 3⤋
C is a lovely letter,and it has two sounds--one is the hard "k" sound, and the other is the soft "s" sound. The soft sound is French, like "Charles, only it sounds like "Sharle", and the hard sound is like the Russian "Cyrillic" which sounds like "Kyrillic".
How letters form and change is part of the study of linguistics, and as linguistics teaches us the origins of languages, as well as the way they work, I don't think it's a useless letter at all.
It's just that there is no "c" in the Japanese "kana", so perhaps it seems odd to you.
2006-07-27 20:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'C' is the third letter of the alphabet pronounced as /si:/
But most of the time, it has 'k' sound & in some cases, 's' sound.
'C' has a sound ' /si:/ (see) but it is represented by /s/ sound.
Eg: Central is represented by the phonetic notation, / senter/
Ceremony is referred to /seremeni/ with short, 'e' or inverted 'e' sound.
Most other words have this 'k' Sound.
There is no special C sound. So, the letter 'C' can be replaced without any damage with 'K' or 'S'.
But 'C' has its use. In Grading we have 'C', C+, C- & it can't be replaced by 'K' or 'S'.. In chemical formulas, 'CO2' stands for Carbon-di-oxide. & the likes. 'cu' stands for Copper..
Just because the sound of 'c' is replaced by either 'k' or 's', the letter can't be got rid of. It is also necessary for notations & general representation.
To write 'Correct' as 'Korrect' would be awful & so would, 'Central' by 'Sentral'!.
The letter 'C' has a purpose! It is not useless!
2006-07-27 20:25:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you that C is useless. Any word written with C could be spelled using K or S. Although I am thinking that the CH sound might not come out right as KH as in church? What do you think.
2006-07-27 19:46:30 · answer #4 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in Cyrillic there is no S just C (has the 'ess' sound) and K, so perhaps S is useless. Excepte sometimes S doesn't sound like 'ess' in English such as the word Pleasure.
2006-07-27 19:46:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why I take that Personal, thanx!! My name starts with a "C" !!! C, for: Christy!!! And a, my last name being with a K, thanx,again!! K, for Kelley !!! It only says ChrisHorn, because, thats my maiden name, and I wanted to find old school friends, on this site, who knew me, by that name.... I was just kidding, about the whole "Thanx" thing!!! But, I dont think we could do without, any of our letters,to be quite honest with you...
2006-07-27 19:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Hmg♥Brd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crushing concept. Cerebral contemplation continues.
2006-07-27 20:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by ginabgood1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm good question to Ponder...I'll be over here pondering and collecting 2 points!
2006-07-27 19:43:32 · answer #8 · answered by tankgirl_84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for starters, C came before the other two...
Also, you have too much time on your hands.
2006-07-27 19:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How thinks who is the correct word?
2006-07-27 19:43:42 · answer #10 · answered by Guy Inginito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in english it is useful
2006-07-27 19:43:54 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋