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If by "we" you mean the internet, it seems most people still use "syncing" rather than "synching": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=syncing,...

Still, "syncing" is supposed to be shorthand for "synchronizing", which has the "h" you feel comes out of nowhere. So I guess both makes sense, but I don't use that form myself nor have seen anyone else use it in the wild.




Repo description: "Tools for synching and streaming files from Windows to Linux"

It then goes on to talk about how much like rsync their new "cdc_rsync" tool is.

I get that the long version uses an h, but why include the silent h when making a shorthand? It sort of defeats the purpose of making a shorthand.




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