Sceptical or skeptical?

Savvythought · #1 (permalink) Thu Oct 09, 2003 20:52 pm *Sceptical or skeptical?*

Hello, could anyone please tell me what is right: 'sceptical' or 'skeptical'? Thanks.

Clark · #2 (permalink) Thu Oct 09, 2003 22:49 pm *What is correct?*

In English I think it is sceptical. 8)

Torsten · #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 10, 2003 6:52 am *'skeptical' vs. 'sceptical'*

Well, both versions are correct, I guess. As a matter of fact, I think «skeptical» is used even more often although usually words of Latin origing have the letter «c» where in other languages the words are spelled with «k».

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Savvythought · #4 (permalink) Fri Oct 10, 2003 22:33 pm *Examples?*

Can you give me any examples?

Torsten · #5 (permalink) Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:21 am *Examples*

How about these:
«october» — «Oktober» (German)
«cassette» — «Kassette» (German)
«cable» — «Kabel» (German)
«coal» — «Kohle» (German)
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Advoca · #6 (permalink) Sun Oct 12, 2003 3:27 am *Sceptical - skeptical*

Sceptical is the British spelling. Skeptical is the American spelling.

MariaEbb · #7 (permalink) Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:47 am *Examples*

In Swedish we write
Oktober
Kassett
Kabel
Kol (coal)
kål cabbage
The two different words kol and kål are pronounced the same way.
/Maria

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