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Re: "t" sound bewteen sound of "n" and "s/sh". Ah, but insane doesn't fit the mo(u)ld. <c> is pronounced [ts]; <s> is pronounced [tsh] (origin, Old & Middle French)
finan ce, finan[ts]e
chan ce, chan[ts]e
sen se, sen[ts] *Old French sens
pen sion, pen[tsh]ion
ten sion, ten[tsh]ion
in+sane < Latin in- prefix "not"
in+ception < Latin in- prefix "in, on"
in+stant < Old French in- prefix "in" |