How do you pronounce appointments?
Is the C silent in schedule?
The word “schedule” can be somewhat confusing, even for native speakers. The reason is that it is pronounced differently in the UK and in the US. In the UK, the prevalent pronunciation is /ˈʃɛdjuːl/ (shed-yool), while the prevalent pronunciation in the US is /ˈskɛdʒuːl/ (skedzh-ool).
How is 2020 pronounced?
The year 2020 will be “twenty-twenty,” and the year 2115 will be “twenty-one-fifteen.”
Why do British pronounce schedule?
Why do British pronounce the word “schedule” differently than the way it is pronounced in the U.S.? It is because the British pronunciation has been influenced by the French. The original Greek pronunciation¹ was skéd-ē, σχέδη (skhédē), so the U.S. pronunciation is closer to the original than the British.