Why "sh" pronunciation in "sugar"?

[Michael B Quinion]

#A subscriber asked me about this a little time ago. I'm no expert on
#sound changes in English, but I cobbled together a piece, which is
#archived at
#
#  <http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/sug1.htm>.

This should be

  <http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sug1.htm>

Whoops and double whoops. You're right, of course. When I can't give
a reference correctly to my own Web site, perhaps it's time for the
slippers and shawl so I can doze by the old fireside ...


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Michael Quinion