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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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    0  Views: 965 Answers: 1 Posted: 13 years ago
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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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