The other day I heard an American newsreader on TV say the word chasm, and got a bit of a surprise. I thought the ch was pronounced as a k, but he pronounced it like the ch in chat.
Have I been pronouncing it wrong all these years? Also, if I have, how do you pronounce chaos?
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6 comments:
That's bizarre. I would say both with a K sound.
Funny, when I saw your post title, I started thinking the same question. I've heard chasm pronounced both ways, and I'm not sure which is right. But chaos is definitely a K sound.
Oops, me again.
I've been reading your blog (comments and all) and found out that I've run out of entries! Didn't notice that I've already caught up.
Your life was so enjoyable I sincerely hope it'd go on forever, if you don't mind.
Reading your archives has been a daily thing for me, and now, I don't know what to do... I can't wait for more of your entries! I dread to find out that there would be, at most, 1 per day! Oh the horror!
On topic: I haven't tried saying 'chasm' before... Only run my eyes through them whenever I read, but haven't given though how to pronounce it.
Now that I think about it... I really don't know! *gasp*
Definitely both k sounds. In my expert opinion, that is ;)
Megane~kun:
I not only want bad aunts life to go on forever, but have to pay close attention and remember she is bad aunt. I keep thinking she is my American friend, married to a Japanese man, teaching english, but in a different part of the country! When I read through most of the blog all at once, somewhere in there, I forgot it wasn't my friend. Now I have to pay attention not to ask my friend about things mentioned here!
Oh, and both K sounds, you aren't losing your English skills.
I would have said chasm can be said either way, but chaos is definitely k (except for my high school french teacher, who said 'shay-oss' - and she was welsh!)
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