Comment by user982 Comment by user982 13 hours ago 5 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News But which "ch" sound? "Ch" as in "church" is just "tsh". "Ch" as in "charade" is just "sh".
Copy Link cwnyth 12 hours ago Collapse Comment - Seconding this. C should be the ʃ sound, and then TC should be the "ch" in "church." The fact that there's no one letter for ʃ is the real tragedy. Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link int_19h an hour ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - Post-alveolar affricates are phonemic in English and deserve their own characters.(To put it another way, most native speakers treat "ts" as two sounds but not "ch")Luckily there are other wasted characters, like "x" and "q". Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link bee_rider 11 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I imagine integrals would make a loud static-y burst of noise. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link kccqzy 11 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - It's not an integral sign. It's U+0283 LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link cperciva 11 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - No, crackle is the 5th derivative, not the integral. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link int_19h an hour ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - Post-alveolar affricates are phonemic in English and deserve their own characters.(To put it another way, most native speakers treat "ts" as two sounds but not "ch")Luckily there are other wasted characters, like "x" and "q". Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link bee_rider 11 hours ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I imagine integrals would make a loud static-y burst of noise. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link kccqzy 11 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - It's not an integral sign. It's U+0283 LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link cperciva 11 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - No, crackle is the 5th derivative, not the integral. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link kccqzy 11 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - It's not an integral sign. It's U+0283 LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link cperciva 11 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - No, crackle is the 5th derivative, not the integral. Reply View | 0 replies
Seconding this. C should be the ʃ sound, and then TC should be the "ch" in "church." The fact that there's no one letter for ʃ is the real tragedy.