jig/gig

[Laurence Horn]

>On Sep 18, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Larry Horn wrote:
>
>>Am I remembering correctly that the actor Gig Young's first name
>>... was pronounced with velar
>>softening?
>
>for what it's worth, my recollection is just the opposite.
>
>arnold
>
You're probably right; I'm not at all confident of mine.  What I
mostly remember securely is that whichever pronunciation I had come
up with based on the spelling turned out to be wrong, but not really
which one it was.

LH

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