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> Some call it Xitter (/shiˈtter/). Shouldn't that be pronounced Kitter or Chitter?
by tivert 3y ago
> Some call it Xitter (/shiˈtter/).
Shouldn't that be pronounced Kitter or Chitter?
- digging 3y agoNo? The only official pronunciation of X in English is "ks", and there are many languages that use X for many different sounds. Shitter is appropriate, I think some Spanish dialects might read it that way.
- madcaptenor 3y agoI don't think X as "sh" in Spanish exists (but I could be wrong). But Mandarin as transcribed in pinyin has it. Also in English x is pronounced as z at the beginning of some Greek-derived words like Xerox and xylophone.