A good Q from a 5 year old.
My granddaughter hangs her bag on a hook labelled with her name at kindy. Kindy kids learn to read other names as well as their own. That’s why Sula argued with her big brother when he said SH spells [sh]. “No it doesn’t. My friend Charlotte’s name starts with CH.” “You are both right,” I said on the phone. “I’ll explain in a blog.” Why do CHARLES and CHARLOTTE start with different sounds? CHARLES is an old name and CHARLOTTE is a new name. The English used to spell the old