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What do you mean by “without the h sound” ? “Charcoal” doesn’t have an h sound as far as I can tell.

They probably mean voiceless alveolar affricate, similar to "zz" in Italian pizza.

The first syllable in charcoal reads "tʃɑ:" in IPA. I was referring to the "ʃ" sound, formally the "voiceless palato-alveolar fricative" according to Wikipedia.

So, a “sh” sound, right?

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