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lloekilast Tuesday at 12:28 AM1 replyview on HN

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

Scaramouch and crochet though.


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crazygringolast Tuesday at 4:43 PM

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.