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Old 14-Apr-2008, 17:26
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Can any friend tell me if there is any rules for pronouncing the k sound when if follow a "s". I listened to several audio cds on pronunciation for words such as "discount", "discuss" etc. My impression is that for "discount" , the "k" is still pronounced as "k", but for "discuss", the "k" is pronounced as "g". There are numerous examples like that I was a little confused. Further, someone told me that after "s", the "k", "t", (voiceless consonant) would pronounced as voiced that it become "g" & "d", according to some rules.
Please enlighten me.
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Hard "c" is pronounced like a "K" in:
dis-cuss
dis-count
dis-covery

But a "soft c" in
dis-cern
dis-cipline
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