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7 sounds (Posted on 2005-08-24) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Since English is the evolved product of the assimilation of many languages, it is impossible to provide prescriptive and immutable rules for its spellings.

For instance, here I show “ch” demonstrating three sound values: ch (like tj) – chin/chop, k – chasm/chaos, sh – champagne.

I require:
1. The identification of a letter cluster group which can represent 7 different sounds (5 are pure vowel sounds).
2. At least one word to demonstrate the use of each of these sounds. [If a given word may not be in my solution, I will accept a rhyming word that uses the letter cluster].

Note: That my spelling orientation is generally based upon Oxford English, this challenge should present more effort for a phonetic speller than one who uses American spellings.

[This was presented to me in my primary school years, many years ago, as a demonstration that while native English users may have difficulty, how much harder for those using it as a second language. I have also been careful that the cluster is not in the body of this text]

See The Solution Submitted by brianjn    
Rating: 2.5000 (2 votes)

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  Subject Author Date
Puzzle Thoughts K Sengupta2023-08-04 10:23:50
Solutionre(2): A sentence containing 9?Dej Mar2012-05-17 09:56:15
re: A sentence containing 9?brianjn2005-09-18 05:53:58
Hints/Tips A sentence containing 9?Percy2005-09-15 12:00:53
why so many letters?Stefanie2005-08-30 03:11:17
Is there some doubt?brianjn2005-08-27 01:28:53
re: More than 7 (okay only 7)David2005-08-26 14:19:08
re(2): More than 7 (okay only 7)Gamer2005-08-24 15:50:00
Some Thoughtsre: More than 7 (okay only 7)Dimmeh2005-08-24 09:08:35
re: More than 7 (okay only 7)Paul2005-08-24 08:46:00
SolutionMore than 7 (okay only 7)Bob Smith2005-08-24 06:23:22
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