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#239849 - 11/27/10 01:59 PM
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Like at the start of
Gnat and Gnome
what ARE they all about?
Are you suppose to modify the pronunciation in come subtle way, like add a kind of glottal stop at the beginning?
For the love of cake, WHY?
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Re: Silent Gs
[Re: Fever]
#239864 - 11/27/10 09:34 PM
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> Like at the start of
> Gnat and Gnome
> what ARE they all about?
> Are you suppose to modify the pronunciation in come subtle way, like add a kind of
> glottal stop at the beginning?
> For the love of cake, WHY?
First try: site that tells my government is pronounced "goverment." Okaybye.
Second try: site that tells me sandwich is pronounced "sanwich." Okaybye.
Third try: several more sites, some notes on Italian, finally a consensus from a few sites, the letter combination "gn" was originally pronounced with both letters, but we've dropped the g sound over the last few centuries.
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those in the canoe are in on it. ;-] - "k-new"
[Re: TriggerFin]
#239871 - 11/28/10 02:01 AM
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 It's a Canoe don'tcha know? Moe, Toe, Tow, Towel, Howell... Ah, words are such fun. 
Edited by T0M (11/28/10 02:04 AM)
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it's a conspiracy [nt]
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#239889 - 11/28/10 07:25 AM
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A story of one man and his obsession with the female anatomy.
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Re: it's a conspiracy [nt]
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#239940 - 11/29/10 02:35 AM
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It's a Canoe don'tcha know? Moe, Toe, Tow, Towel, Howell... Ah, words are such fun. 
