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20 like English final r; Ex.: Raab cry, træt tired, (han) løber he runs.

58. h has the same sound as English h; it is pronounced before vowels in the beginning of a word or a syllable; Ex.: han he, udholde to endure, Mæhæ ninny.

60. ch is in words of Greek origin pronounced as k and now also officially written that way; it indicates the same sound in the proper names Tycho and Munch, but in words of French origin ch is usually pronounced as sj: Chaussé highway. sch in words of German origin is pronounced like Danish sj. Instead of a former sch (ch) there is now in many words regularly written sk: Droske cab, Mansket cuff, Marskal, Marskandiser fripper, Skak chess, Skatol cabinet, Skak shaft, Skallottelög eschalot.

61. Q only occurs before v in foreign words, but it is now mostly in those of such words as are in popular use replaced