hanger

[David Bergdahl]

I too was amazed to hear /haengg at r/ on ATC: I haven't lived in NY for
years but my parents and fiends who live on the flight path to
idlewild...er JFK.. would NEVER use the Yiddishized pronunciation -ngg-
except for humor.  Perhaps it's an extension of the rule that -ngg- is
appropriate when the word is one morpheme (e.g. finger) but
inappropriate if the -er is a suffix. . .and "hanger" is perceived as
unrelated to "hang."

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