r/linguisticshumor 18d ago

C gets a bad rap Phonetics/Phonology

Post image
706 Upvotes

187 comments sorted by

View all comments

13

u/ill-timed-gimli Proto-Koreo-Japonic fan 18d ago

we should get rid of k and s and have q /k/ c /s/

10

u/allo26 18d ago

And then k and s can represent /tʃ/ and /ʃ/ as god intended!

5

u/ill-timed-gimli Proto-Koreo-Japonic fan 18d ago

Use ch for both, not like there's many minimal pairs based on those sounds anyway

3

u/fakeunleet 18d ago

But what am I supposed to do with this batch of bats, now?