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Feb. 15th, 2023 11:26 am
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susceptible

S followed by C? Seriously? Whose idea was this?!?
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Date: 2023-02-15 04:47 pm (UTC)
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I think this is another one where the answer is "because Latin"...

Date: 2023-02-15 07:23 pm (UTC)
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English does that, yes, and then the sounds vary. Comes of stealing words, spellings, and/or pronunciations higgledy piggledy.

Science, script, conscious, ...

Date: 2023-02-17 12:48 pm (UTC)
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But succession has two c's. It's not faaaair!

Date: 2023-02-17 02:33 pm (UTC)
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Pacific Ocean. Three different c sounds. English is a rat's next of stolen bits and pieces tied together with "rules" that are also stolen and more exception than accuracy. Ain't nuffin fair about it.
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