Hi Dave,

You're right, 'c' should always be pronounced 'ch' (unaspirated). I
haven'y heard the tape you refer to , but there may be some mistake
there.

It is one of the little blessings of Pali that, though the grammar may
seem difficult at times, the pronunciation is quite straight forward.
The spelling system is rational and phonetic, for which we have to
largely thank the admirable linguistic science of the ancient Indians.

Interestingly enough, this science was developed by the Brahmans of
old for precisely the same reason that we study Pali: to read the
language of the ancient scriptures.

in Dhamma

Bhante Sujato

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "dwoodsong" <dwoodsong@...> wrote:
>
>
> I am a new at Pali, and am working my way through Warder's book.
But I
> have only gotten through the first three lessons. I also have the
CD
> that accompanies Warder's text. In one of the passages for reading,
> words such as "citta" are pronounced with a hard "c", as in
> English "cat." I had understood that "c" in Pali was always
> pronounced "ch". Could anyone please clarify this pronunciation
issue.
>
> Thank you.
> Dave