Re: [CH] pronunciation

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Brent Thompson wrote:
> 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
Actually an "x" in the middle of a word is pronounced with a hawking
sound as if you were clearing your throat. Therefore, Texas would be
pronounced as "tay-(soft hawk)oss.
;{) 
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