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    Why is the word liquorice (or licorice) pronounced as if it had an "sh" at the end?

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    It is USUALLY pronounced as an s, but not always. There's the -cious words, where it has the sound 'sh': delicious
    precious
    specious
    meretricious
    etc.
    (not to mention 'licorice')Similarly, there the 'sh' sound for -cial words like facial and special.


    Also there are words that have been adopted from other languages but kept a trace of their original pronunciation: Celtic, for example.


    There are some other pronuniciations for ce, such as cello (pronounced 'chello'), cembalo (chembalo, with a 'k' sound).


    In the words foci and loci (acceptable plurals of focus and locus) the c is pronounced like a 'k'.


    The letter 'c' also makes the 'k' sound in the word 'arcing.'



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