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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Then you get Portuguese speakers with the [tʃ] allophone adapting all those words with [tʃ] into [ʃ]. And the ones with [ti] into [tʃi]. Like:

  • EN ⟨chip⟩ → PT [ʃipe]~[ʃipi]
  • EN ⟨team⟩ → PT ⟨time⟩ [tʃime]~[tʃimi]

All the time. Like, there is [tʃ], but if the word is spelled with ⟨ch⟩ people won't bother!

Me singing in Polish

Kayah? You were listening to Kayah, weren't you?