Why is C pronounced k?
Why is C pronounced k? Originally when one wrote a Latin letter ⟨c⟩ in English, it always meant /k/ just as it always used to mean that in Latin itself. So the English poet Caedmon’s name started off with just as much of a /k/ sound as did Caesar’s. So why do we pronounce Caedmon with a /k/ but Caesar with an /s/?
Originally when one wrote a Latin letter ⟨c⟩ in English, it always meant /k/ just as it always used to mean that in Latin itself. So the English poet Caedmon’s name started off with just as much of a /k/ sound as did Caesar’s. So why do we pronounce Caedmon with a /k/ but Caesar with an /s/?
