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by umanwizard 3085 days ago
What do you mean by “without the h sound” ? “Charcoal” doesn’t have an h sound as far as I can tell.
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They probably mean voiceless alveolar affricate, similar to "zz" in Italian pizza.
The first syllable in charcoal reads "tʃɑ:" in IPA. I was referring to the "ʃ" sound, formally the "voiceless palato-alveolar fricative" according to Wikipedia.
So, a “sh” sound, right?