>>77724Did you know? There were a number of English words ending in /k/ that used to be written with <ck>, like politicks rather than current politics. This is not because of etymology but because before certain vowels the letter <c> by itself represents sounds other than /k/, such as in political vs politicking, but was nonetheless simplified graphically in final position. Today we have weird cases of this principle causing trouble, such as synchronize -> sync -> syncing, where <c> by itself generates new inconsistencies.