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C and K In Latin.
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Why did the ancient Latin alphabet have both a C and a K? They both had the exact same sound in classical Latin. So why did they need two letters for them then? Or did they have the exact same sound?
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Difference between choo-choo and kookaburra. The "hard c" in English is voiced from a different part of the mouth from k, and c is modified by the next letter: "ice cream" compared with "like" - k is never modified.
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On a related note, how do the Welsh refer to KFC?
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"invading foreign muck"
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