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Is the letter 'C' pointless?
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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:08:55#1
SparklyKatie
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When writing or speaking words with the letter C in them, couldn't it easily be replaced by an S or a K?

Car = Kar
Justice = Justise

The only place I think it's needed is for the 'ch' sound.

I'm just thinking out loud lol, ignore me

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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:09:32#2
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I'm not changing the spelling of my name to get rid of the C

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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:09:53#3
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cat= kat

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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:11:01#4
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Pronunciation is still different so no

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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:11:45#5
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Wingsy said:

I'm not changing the spelling of my name to get rid of the C



Lol sorry Wingsy, didn't think about names, just words
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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:12:44#6
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You're forgiven, Katie

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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:14:23#7
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Justice doesn't sound like "justise" in my head. Justise seems like it would be said "just-eyes"...Well thats just my opinion

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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:41:33#8
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What would we do about the ch sound? Would a church be a shursh or a khurkh? I'm not sure I could manage to eat a portion of ships!

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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:53:04#9
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TheMightyOz said:

What would we do about the ch sound? Would a church be a shursh or a khurkh? I'm not sure I could manage to eat a portion of ships!



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New Post! Nov 03, 2009 @ 16:57:18#10
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I prefer it the way it is

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New Post! Nov 14, 2009 @ 20:53:26#11
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People are only just catching on to how the Germans' language has been ridden of the letter C (not in all cases, of course).

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Edited: November 14, 2009 @ 20:54
New Post! Nov 23, 2009 @ 20:15:50#12
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Rawrsh said:

Justice doesn't sound like "justise" in my head. Justise seems like it would be said "just-eyes"...Well thats just my opinion


agreed
if any of K and C should go - it's K!
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New Post! Feb 15, 2010 @ 16:35:31#13
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Y just 'C'? Y not elimin8 a fu othrs as wel? & al thos unesisery dubld letrs & silnt 1s? It wud maik lrning 2 spel lots esier!

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New Post! Mar 14, 2010 @ 11:12:30#14
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I think English spelling could improve. It has five ways to represent the k-sound, c, k, ch, ck, and q, and it has no letter for the sound of c in ocean or the sound of g in Gigi, or the z in azure, or the s in pleasure.

Theodore Roosevelt had trouble spelling, and he tried to get the federal government to change American spelling.

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New Post! Mar 14, 2010 @ 11:22:23#15
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20/M/Auckland, New Zealand
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It's strange to me that words aren't spelled phonetically. If they were, you could remove the C or K/S.

But by now, it's a bit late to fix it..

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