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Sometimes the "g" silent, as in night intrepidity Mar 2021 #1
Silent...invisible...don't laugh at ghosts. ret5hd Mar 2021 #2
Night...anxiety...ghosts...I hear you nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #4
ESL? Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #3
English as a Second Language, I guess. Glorfindel Mar 2021 #8
OMG! Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #13
We also tend to pronounce "luxurious" as if it contained both a Glorfindel Mar 2021 #5
Cool Whip: ret5hd Mar 2021 #9
Thanks! I have never seen "Family Guy." Glorfindel Mar 2021 #12
Lol happybird Mar 2021 #18
Dumdum's LUG-xhur-ee always made me clench my teeth, as did "YUGE" Warpy Mar 2021 #16
Some people have anxiety, others angst-iety. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #6
So I think you might be close... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #21
Or the p in hamster! TxGuitar Mar 2021 #7
I've seen people spell it with a 'p' too! Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #10
I was just a hampster from New Hampshire bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #14
Uh oh... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #22
A YouTube video could generate clicks and bucks bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #24
People from all over the planet have told me it's easy to communicate in English Warpy Mar 2021 #11
I pronounce it that way too. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #19
While thinking about the "writing on the wall," I became "beside myself" NCjack Mar 2021 #20
I say it with the "G-Z" slide... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #23
It's important to remember several things about our language. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #15
It's the price of success Shermann Mar 2021 #17
Well... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #26
Touche! Shermann Mar 2021 #27
Thank goodness for standardization... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #25
There are a million "anomalies" in English that include weird spelling, grammar, and idioms. Martin68 Mar 2021 #28
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