In German, the sch (and the s when followed by p or t) is pronounced indistinguishably from the unvoiced (American) English sh. I believe Russian has the unvoiced sh, the ch, and the shch in sequence. Tim -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Taggart Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 3:58 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Voronof's snowdrop Is it? -Not speaking German I cannot be certain that I get it right, but I use different parts of my tounge which to pronounce "sch" and "sh". For "sh" my tounge is lower and mouth does not change shape, unlike for "sch" Peter (UK) On 2 September 2014 19:59, penstemon <penstemon@q.com> wrote: > > SCH in German is the same as SH in English. > > Bob Nold > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >