gyre and gimble

[Bob Haas]

Uh-huh -- /dZaIr/ and /gImbl/.

bob

> From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:45:39 -0500
> 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?