CH

Hi.
Is there any grammar rule about when to read Ch as (tʃ) (merchant, chestnut, cherry, champion, chance, purchase) and as (ˈk) (chemist, ache, anarchy, anchor).
Thank you.

Most of the words where it is pronounced /k/ come from Greek.

Thank you Tdol.
But, in my examples that I had written down, you might see that more are pronounced as (tʃ) than (k). D'ya know what i mean, I know more words that are pronounced (tʃ), than (k).
anyways, Thanks for comment. I thought could have been some grammar which helps :)

Take care

There are many American words, where the grapheme "ch" gets a phoneme "sh": Chicago, Chinook, Cheyenne, etc.

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Originally Posted by Roman Kartvely

Thank you Tdol.
But, in my examples that I had written down, you might see that more are pronounced as (tʃ) than (k). D'ya know what i mean, I know more words that are pronounced (tʃ), than (k).
anyways, Thanks for comment. I thought could have been some grammar which helps :)

Take care

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The /k/ words are the smaller group and tend to come from Greek- if a word doesn't fit into that small group, then it is likely to be part of the general group. You can look on the /k/ group as exceptions and the reason is their origin. If not derived from Greek, if not one the AmE exceptions, then /tʃ/

Thank you so much, guys.
I see now. Pity, I'm not from Greece, would have been easier :)
Thanks. Great help. I appreciated it.