The Pronunciation of ‘C’ and ‘G’ generally (but not always, see below) depends upon the letter following either 'C' or 'G'. General Rules * If the following letter is ‘E’, ‘I’ or ‘Y’, the pronunciation is said to be “soft”. * If the following letter is anything else - including a space - the pronunciation is termed “hard”. * A soft ‘C’ is pronounced ‘s’ as in cell, ,city, decision, receive, license, distance, recently, pronounce, juicy, cylinder * A hard ‘C’ is pronounced ‘k’ as in call, correct, cup, cross, class, rescue, fact, public, panic, ache * A soft ‘G’ is pronounced ‘j’ as in general, giant, gymnastic, large, energy, intelligible, changing * A hard ‘G’ is pronounced ‘g’ as in golf, pig, running, great, gum, fragrant, grasp, glut, progress

no set hard and fast rule