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Maybe in Greek, but English doesn't have the /x/ sound.
by lottin 9y ago
Maybe in Greek, but English doesn't have the /x/ sound.
- HarryHirsch 9y agoEnglish doesn't have umlaute either. That never prevented typesetters from using them.
- Y_Y 9y agoMaybe your dialect doesn't, but mine certainly does.
- umanwizard 9y agoGenuine curiosity: what dialect is that? I live in the US and have met people from several other English-speaking countries and I don't recall ever having heard that sound from any native English speaker. (I'm not saying I don't believe you; I'm just surprised).
- candeira 9y agoI'm guessing Northern England or Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
- Y_Y 9y agoSouthern Irish, although as a sibling comment noted you'll also find it in Scotland and Northern England. It helps that the Irish language uses this sound copiously so most people are used to it from school.
- umanwizard 9y agoWhat English words do you have that sound in?
- eru 9y agoIt's what Knuth asked for. Lots of people like him enough to oblige.