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Walle6422

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Hi.
Is there any grammar rule about when to read Ch as (tʃ) (merchant, chestnut, cherry, champion, chance, purchase) and as (ˈk) (chemist, ache, anarchy, anchor).
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Most of the words where it is pronounced /k/ come from Greek.
 
Thank you Tdol.
But, in my examples that I had written down, you might see that more are pronounced as (tʃ) than (k). D'ya know what i mean, I know more words that are pronounced (tʃ), than (k).
anyways, Thanks for comment. I thought could have been some grammar which helps :)

Take care
 
There are many American words, where the grapheme "ch" gets a phoneme "sh": Chicago, Chinook, Cheyenne, etc.
 
Thank you Tdol.
But, in my examples that I had written down, you might see that more are pronounced as (tʃ) than (k). D'ya know what i mean, I know more words that are pronounced (tʃ), than (k).
anyways, Thanks for comment. I thought could have been some grammar which helps :)

Take care

The /k/ words are the smaller group and tend to come from Greek- if a word doesn't fit into that small group, then it is likely to be part of the general group. You can look on the /k/ group as exceptions and the reason is their origin. If not derived from Greek, if not one the AmE exceptions, then /tʃ/
 
Thank you so much, guys.
I see now. Pity, I'm not from Greece, would have been easier :)
Thanks. Great help. I appreciated it.
 
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