G -pronunciation

[Rachel Adams]

Hello

Is 'g' always pronounced as ˈdʒ' as in ˈdʒendə(r) before e, i, y?

[Piscean]

No.

get, begin, gynaecology all have a /g/ sound.

[GoesStation]

English spelling has few unbreakable rules. You might want to look up the pronunciation of these words:

• singing
• sagginess
• saggy
• mugged
• mugging
• muggy
• winged
• bunged

There are many more. You can see some helpful patterns in these words: a double g is nearly always /g/; the suffixes -ing and -ed don't soften the g.

[Rachel Adams]

I came across this article about English consonants. It is written in Russian but they give examples in English. It also shows how a 'c' is usually pronounced before a, o, u, as /k/ and as /s/ before e, y, i. https://www.englishdom.com/blog/prav...ijskom-yazyke/

C	[k]	предшествует любой согласной, гласным «a» / «o» / «u», конечная позиция	coal [kəul]
C	[s]	предшествует гласным «e» / «i» / «y»/td>	cyanide ['saɪənaɪd]

[Charlie Bernstein]

It can also have an f sound, as in rough, laugh, cough, and enough.

And it can be silent, as in though.

In the US, at least, some words that we imported from France give g the zh sound, like garage, mirage, and triage.

[Piscean]

• singing
• winged
• bunged

the suffixes -ing and -ed don't soften the g.

THere is no 'g' sound, /g/ or /dʒ/, in those words in most varieties/dialects of English. The sound of 'ng' is /ŋ/

[Charlie Bernstein]

THere is no 'g' sound, /g/ or /dʒ/, in those words in most varieties/dialects of English. The sound of 'ng' is /ŋ/

Good point I'd still call it one type of g sound - and one I hadn't thought of!

So, Rachel, you're getting a lot of g possibilities here. Good question!

[GoesStation]

Last night I spotted another example: hoagie (also Hoagie when it's a name).

[Rachel Adams]

Do you think they are right about the pronunciation of 'c'?