gyre and gimble

[Victoria Neufeldt]

Me too; i.e. /dZaIr/ and /gImbl/.

Victoria

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On Monday, March 27, 2000, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: gyre and gimble
>
> Nope, Bethany. I was a /dZaIr/ and /gImbl/ speaker. I'm sure I simply
> followed my "rules" from "gyrate" and "Gimble's" (and many others).
>
> dInIs
>
> >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