Re: [CH] pronunciation
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Sun, 08 Feb 1998 10:22:17 -0800
> ><< wouldn't the "x" in Texas be silent? >>
> >Actually, no. It's pronounced "Tay-has"
> >
>
> Thus, the x is silent.
Au contraire. "silent" means "no sound". In fact the real sound of that x
phoneme (oftentimes written 'ch') is even greater than 'h', which is not
silent in any event. If the x in Texas were silent, the pronunciation
would have been described as "Te-as" ("Tay-as"), but it's not.
--- Brent