Phonetics of "Ch"

English has always borne the brunt of ire of lot many as far as the pronunciation goes.The simplest and most cliched instance is the difference between TO,DO and GO.It's very interesting to find the contrasting phonetics of the alpahabets "C" and "K".For instance "CHARLATAN" is pronounced as "SHAR luh tun" which means a fraud or a conman and "CHAGRIN" which means humiliation or disappointment whereas "CHASM" is pronounced as "KAZ um" which means a large gaping hole or gorge.Another interesting pair is "CHICANERY".......pronounced as "SHI kuh nery" which means trickery and again there is another word starting with "CH" but pronounced differently and that is "CHARISMA"...pronounced as "KUH riz muh" which define
s magical and attracting ability of someone.
So that is the reason English has received the high brow from one and many for not being everyone's ballgame.But if you try to learn words the fun way and find these fine nuances then i am sure English becomes far more interesting.
Will keep you posted on other phonetics as well!