Singer/finger

[Paul Johnston]

Yes.  Not many on these shores--though a "g"-full pronunciation of Long(g) Island is famous (Though whether this is a regional or ethnic dialect--or both--I don't know).  In the British Isles, there are plenty.
"Singer" and "Finger", both with /g/--the West Midlands, from Lancashire to Gloucestershire--thus, Birmingham, Stoke, Liverpool, Manchester etc.
"Singer" and "Finger", both without /g/, North and Northeast England and Scotland (and, I think, Northern Ireland), thus, Newcastle, Carlisle, Teesside, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen etc.

Paul Johnston

On May 15, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Jim Parish <jparish at SIUE.EDU> wrote:

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> A discussion on another list has raised a question in my mind. Are there
> English dialects that do not make the /N/ - /Ng/ distinction, as in
> "singer" vs. "finger"?
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