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Old August 31, 2010, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Schism /sizəm, skizm/ --For this they gave two pronunciations.
Schist /shist/ --And this one they gave a sh sound.
It depends on where English got it from. The roots are (almost) always originally Greek, but Schist has been imported from French, and with it their change in pronunciation.
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