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		umanwizard on Jan 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only ... What do you mean by “without the h sound” ? “Charcoal” doesn’t have an h sound as far as I can tell.

monort on Jan 12, 2018 | [–]

They probably mean voiceless alveolar affricate, similar to "zz" in Italian pizza.

ronyclau on Jan 13, 2018 | [–]

The first syllable in charcoal reads "tʃɑ:" in IPA. I was referring to the "ʃ" sound, formally the "voiceless palato-alveolar fricative" according to Wikipedia.

umanwizard on Jan 14, 2018 | [–]

So, a “sh” sound, right?

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