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[Douglas G. Wilson]

>I knew the laxing occurred before /l/ and /g/, but I didn't realize
>it's only before /g/ followed by /l/.  That makes more sense.

It may be /g/ in general, in fact. I'm sure I've heard "lig" for "league"
for example. It's hard for me to be sure since not every Pittsburgher does
this and some only do it sometimes, and also since I've stopped noticing it
after a few years here.

-- Doug Wilson