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I think you are referring to whether the /k/ sound is aspirated or not. Pls look at the following words:
sky, scare, scout. They sound a bit like sguy, sgare, sgout.
The /k/ in " sky " is unaspirated whereas the /k/ in " kite " is aspirated. Hence, " discuss " sounds like " disguss " but not " diskuss ", not in the manner as " car " (/kar/) is pronounced.
Similarly the rule applies to " spy ", " spare ", " spout ", " sty ", " stare ", " stout ", etc. where they sound a little like " sby ", " sbare ", " sbout ", " sdy ", " sdare ", " sdout ".
Hope this will be of help to you!