[Ads-l] machination

[Wilson Gray]

> > It's pretty straightforward from the spelling. "C" before a consonant is
> > /k/, "c" before "i" is /s/. There's also the parallel of "accident".

What does that have to do with words having _ch_ before a vowel?

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele says "makination."
>
> Way to go, Mike!
>
> JL
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I grew up thinking - still haven't had occasion to speak this word -
> > "makination," because I associated it with "mechanic" and not with
> > "machine." You know. Like, mechanics fisticate with and otherwise
> > manipulate stuff. A "machine" is like a bicycle or a locomotive or
> > something. There's a verb, _machinate_, whose existence I've just
> > discovered, but "makinate" seems to be the preferred pronunciation, in
> > Google, though "mashinate" is permitted..
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:39 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > It's pretty straightforward from the spelling. "C" before a consonant
> is
> > > /k/, "c" before "i" is /s/. There's also the parallel of "accident".
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > Ĉi tiu e-poŝtaĵon skanis nenio krom miaj okuloj.
> > >
> > >  . <http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/>
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:26 AM, David Daniel wrote:
> > >
> > > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > As to flaccid
> > > > - wow - I didn't even know flaksid was an option, but there is it.
> > Never
> > > > used it, never heard it, until today.
> > > > DAD
> > > >
> > > >
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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