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Pronunciation of Sch-

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August 31, 2010, 10:32 AM

Perikles

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Originally Posted by Chris

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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