How to pronounce these words.. plez?

[Omar!]

I hope to find an answer for the following question?

1.Why we pronounce the beginning word ( sure ) as sh ?

Also,
2. why we pronounce ( ch ) in the word ( school ) as `K` ?

Is there any role for this !

thanks in advance

my regard

[Anglika]

{1} Questions & Answers: Sugar and sure gives a good explanation for "sure"

{2} "School" derives from Greek "skhole"

[Omar!]

Originally Posted by Anglika

{1} Questions & Answers: Sugar and sure gives a good explanation for "sure"

{2} "School" derives from Greek "skhole"

Thanks a lot for this answer .

I appreciate your work .

I get it .

Cheers .

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Kopite32

Thanks a lot for this answer .

I appreciate your work .

I get it .

Cheers .

The main reason that English spelling is so difficult is that this language has imported words from every conceivable culture. As it was once said: English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose words.

[Avalon]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

The main reason that English spelling is so difficult is that this language has imported words from every conceivable culture. As it was once said: English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose words.

I find it funny ..we see words like lisTen , but don´t pronounce the T, Knee, no k..endless ..but not impossible to master the most common ones...c´mon fellows, let´s forget about mondlango or derivates and let´s simplify English a bit more...than bingo, most people can learn!

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Avalon

I find it funny ..we see words like lisTen , but don´t pronounce the T, Knee, no k..endless ..but not impossible to master the most common ones...c´mon fellows, let´s forget about mondlango or derivates and let´s simplify English a bit more...than bingo, most people can learn!

It will never happen. First of all, the different spellings for the same sound pay homage to the origins of the words. Second, we have so many homophones in English, phonetic spelling will make many things far worse.

bread/bred
to/too/two
hour/our
site/sight/cite/

etc.

[Tdol]

Originally Posted by Avalon

c´mon fellows, let´s forget about mondlango or derivates

I see very little evidence to suggest that any of the artificial languages will get very far.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Tdol

I see very little evidence to suggest that any of the artificial languages will get very far.

We've seen it before.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

It will never happen. First of all, the different spellings for the same sound pay homage to the origins of the words. Second, we have so many homophones in English, phonetic spelling will make many things far worse....

You can say that again. Mark Twain wrote a funny piece about Spelling Reform

Learners will just have to grin and bear it.

b

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by BobK

You can say that again. Mark Twain wrote a funny piece about Spelling Reform

Learners will just have to grin and bear it.

b

I've seen that. It's great. Noah Webster tried very hard to simplify some spellings as he was codifying American English spelling. He got the U out of humor, color, neighbor, etc. Almost nothing else caught on.