Sten sent me a list of the various spellings of the “sh”-sound in Swedish. Some of them only occur in loan words and thus don’t really count if you’re a purist, but it is nevertheless a most interesting and impressive list, and it makes me happy to contemplate it.

ch chef

che apache

g geni

ge bagage

gi religiös

ige beige

j jour

je damejeanne

sc crescendo

sch schack

sh shunt

shi fashionabel

si division

sj sju

sk skön

skj skjorta

ssi mission

ssj ryssja

stg västgöte

sti suggestion

stj stjärna

ti station