Is the C in Antarctica silent?
The “
C” in Arctic and
Antarctic is not
silent and should be enounced, so you are not wrong.
Do you pronounce the first C in Antarctica?
The words Arctic,
Antarctic and
Antarctica were originally pronounced without the
first /k/, but the spelling
pronunciation has become very common. The
first “
c” was originally added to the spelling for etymological reasons and was then misunderstood as not being silent.
How do you speak in the Antarctic?
What do people say in Antarctica?
The name
Antarctica is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική (antarktiké), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), meaning “opposite
to the Arctic”, “opposite
to the north”.
