Dysfunction of the letter c in words ending with "-ck"

Yes. The -ck only comes after a short vowel. It’s how you tell the difference between something being cocked up or coked up.

No, but, the english language is weird like that, everything that end in -ck will be pronounced like how you would pronounce the K in "**K**it"

I've always felt like C is a pointless letter. It has no sound of its own in and of itself, and it only makes a unique sound when paired with h. If it were up to me, we'd spell words with solo c with the letter it's trying to cosplay as (ie, <s> or <k>) and <c> alone would represent /tʃ/ instead of the <ch> digraph. Then at least it would have a purpose on its own.

[https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/1f7p0j2/comment/ll8zkca](https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/1f7p0j2/comment/ll8zkca)

The c was added long ago in order to show that the vowel is short. Two consonants in a row after a vowel are often used to show that the vowel is short Mate, matter Bake, back / black Bate, batter

native language, now. if you want to complain about my orthography I'll complain about yours

Edit: Yes, I know the “c” has orthographic purpose like indicating short vowels etc. This meme was made from the POV of a confused learner just trying to spell “back” without summoning linguistics lore. Love u guys <3

bak blak blok chek clok clik duk luk pak nek pik rok shok sik stik truk trik trak snak brik chik crik hak lik knok lok cok uhh

This meme made me start beatboxing, for some reason

I always thought it was the K that was silently standing next to the C to make it more professional and crispy

Cock is best

It makes sense when you add -er: Locker - loker Trucker - truker Bricker - briker Etc.

Saying these back to back without a break is harder than it should be

Yes, it serves an etymological function, and it can also be crucial in words with suffixes that would otherwise cause the vowel before the -ck to become long.

Ha my last name has a ck

btw op u can lit jus do that at least for textin, u jus need to spell everythin close enough to be understood.

I should add that some of these words exist without the k, and the word meaning changes. A bloc, for instance, is a group of like minded people, while a block is square of wood. similarly, sic does not have the same meaning as sick; tic is different than tick; and roc is a mythical bird, but rock is a piece of stone.

https://youtu.be/NaZhGi25ZME?si=8FyLRSZz_I9ZUql5

For the love of God and grammar, please put a space after a comma.

Historically speaking, it's to help the reader know the word had a "short/lax vowel" and not the long/tense version. Short vowels are more likely to come before double consonants, though this is not a hard rule in English. In Old English, it was written with two c's, but it looks better like -ck.

glock-

Not the French "-cque". Disgusting.

Without c adding suffixes would be way different

Fuck

Common to a lot of Germanic languages, because open syllables are long. Although that doesn't make a huge amount of sense either. For example Schrot has a long O in German and Schrott has a short O. It's hard to think of words of the form consonant vowel K, except Lok, which is an abbreviation.

I’m feel this particular meme usage has a lot of mileage.

Every language needs its signature spellings. This post has made me realise these quirks are cool