gyre and gimble

[Bethany K. Dumas]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Lynne Murphy wrote:
>This reminds me of Jabberwocky.  I tend to say "dZire and gimble in the
>wabe" (i.e., soft g on gyre, hard on gimble), but sometimes I say both as
>hard.  This often strikes my students as odd, but they tend to be split
>about whether the g's are both hard or both soft.  Is there an "official"
>pronunciation?

Wow. I have always said /gair/ = hard g. I did not know anyone said a
soft g there.

Bethany