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[nawee]

Hello,

A few of my friends claimed to have been taught by English native speakers to pronounce the "ch" in "stomach" and "ache" like the "ch" in "chair". I lived in the UK for 8 years and watch a lot of American movies, I have never heard the two words pronounced that way. I have only heard and been taught that the "ch" in "stomach" and "ache" is pronounced like a hard c. Are there any English dialects in which "ch" in such words are pronounced "ch" as in "chair"?

Thank you very much.

Nawee

[Lorikeet]

I don't personally know of any, but there are many dialects.

[ieltsonly]

I have been a native English speaker for a very long time (and an EFL teacher for 20 years ) and I have never come across any other native speakers that pronounce ch in stomach and ache as /t̬ʃ/

I suggest that the person who told you they had been taught this was mistaken.

I hope this helps.

Stephen
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[Editmachine]

I agree with ieltsonly. I am a native English speaker, and often hear the pronunciation you have described with my students. However, in my experience I have never heard a native speaker use anything but a 'hard c' sound in those words.