[DOC] [TLE] English (language): Is the letter X in the beginning of a word always ... [PAR] There are a reasonable number of exceptions, but most are rare loanwords: xi (
the Greek letter) ... Words of Greek origin that begin with 'X' in English are 
pronounced with a 'Zzzz' sound because ... I would say that native speakers of 
English tend to try a Z sound for initial X words if they have no idea how it's meant 
to sound,... [DOC] [TLE] English orthography - Wikipedia [PAR] English orthography is the system of writing conventions used to represent 
spoken English in written form that allows readers to connect spelling to sound to 
meaning. Like the orthography of most world languages, English has a broad 
degree ... Some words contain silent letters, which do not represent any sound in 
modern... [DOC] [TLE] The Greek Alphabet [PAR] I suspect it is because the alphabet has stayed unchanged, so Greeks can read 
... For example, take the word barbarian itself (which is of Greek origin): in .... a 
word (it does not become a [z]; Greeks have no trouble starting a word with ... 
Contrary to English, the sound of the letter does not change at the beginning of a 
word... [DOC] [TLE] Why Was Z Removed from the Alphabet? | Dictionary.com Blog [PAR] May 24, 2011 ... The Greek zeta is the origin of the humble z. ... Early English did not have a z but 
used s for both voiced and ..... I've read that, like the British, words that begin with 
the letter z will .... So & is not a letter because it is three sounds (or letters) in one 
symbol. ...... Poor Chinese most of them has Zs and why? [DOC] [TLE] Pronunciation: Consonants - German for English SpeakersGerman ... [PAR] Many German consonants have roughly the same pronunciation as they do in 
English. ... You may already know the kn sound from the Yiddish word "knish. ... 
but in words of foreign origin it's usually pronounced like the English V / German 
W ... dich), or at the beginning of a few words (China, Chemie) is pronounced 
softly. [DOC] [TLE] Useful English: Spelling Patterns for Consonants [PAR] Consonant letter combinations and the sounds they represent. ... There are also 
consonant letters and letter combinations that have several variants of ... But the 
letter S is never pronounced [z] at the beginning of the word, so expect the letter Z 
..... The combination CH represents the sound [sh] in words of French origin:... [DOC] [TLE] German/Grammar/Alphabet and Pronunciation - Wikibooks, open ... [PAR] The German alphabet, like English, consists of 26 basic letters. ... As in English, 
letter sounds can differ depending upon where within a word the ... Pronounced 
like 'sh' in the beginning of a word before 'p' or 't' ... Z, (zet) /tst/, Pronounced like 
'ts' .... in many words of Greek origin like Christ or Charakter, but like 'sh' in words
... [DOC] [TLE] CONTACT US (800) 457-4255 - American Accent [PAR] Once you have thoroughly studied intonation and word connections, you can 
begin to address the sounds of English. The three most important vowels are [],
... [DOC] [TLE] The Story of H [PAR] Dec 6, 2008 ... Even in Latin, from the start, it had two distinct functions. ... When it stands at the 
beginning of a word derived from Greek it represents ... Several languages have 
also adopted the digraphs to represent sounds in words that are not ... Not only 
does it use SH, TH (for // only) and ZH as in English, but also DH... [DOC] [TLE] Linguistics 201: History of the English Language [PAR] English has changed radically over the last 1000 years, perhaps more than ... g] 
in the western dialects (Germanic, Latin, Celtic, Greek) and [s, S, z] in the ... 
These two groups of dialects are named after the reflexes of

Question: To begin English words that come from Greek, it can have a "Z" sound; to begin words from Chinese, a "SH" sound
Answer: X