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fwipsy01/03/20262 repliesview on HN

Native English speaker. I tried saying both out loud and it sounds the same. It's just a glottal stop (?) either way in my accent.


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bigstrat200301/03/2026

They should sound different. Not a lot different, but there is normally a noticeable difference between g and c sounds.

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SAI_Peregrinus01/03/2026

"Hard c" is voiced, "g" is unvoiced.

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