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> In the word "french" C H is pronounced sh

No, it's not. Unless you think the "n" in french is pronounced "nt".





Fine, and legit. I get what I deserve for not looking it up!

Scaramouch and crochet though.


Sure, and cache and cloche.

But the question here is chs, not ch. Which though rare, is widely understood to be a kind of guttural sound or "k" sound followed by an s. In -uchs or -ichs coming from German.

Not the "sh" sound in fuchsia.




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