Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"

[Tom Zurinskas]

In m-w.com

Take the pronunciation of "lint"
Main Entry:lint
Pronunciation:\ˈlint\
You can hear the short i ~lint

Take the pronunciation of "ling"
Main Entry:1ling
Pronunciation:\ˈliŋ\
You can hear a long e ~ee and a hint of a g although there shouldn't be ~leeng.

Take the word "linguist"
Main Entry:lin·guist
Pronunciation:\ˈliŋ-gwist\
You can hear a clear g, ~leengwist.  But why.  There was supposed to be no "g" in "ling", so why in linguist.

Check out "cling"
The speaker tries to say a short i and then a "g"less n.
Does not even sound like "cling" which should be ~Kleeng.

Can you guess which words have a "g" and which not
clinger
dinger
dingo
singer
finger
winger
stinger
stringer
zinger
bingo
ringer
flinger

Who cares?  The English I know has a "g" however slight in these words.



Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:52:46 +0800
> From: strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"
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> Poster: Randy Alexander
> Subject: Re: Dyslexia and English Orthography was "surprise"
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> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:39 AM, wrote:
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>> But how like him to ignore the evidence and cling tenaciously to an
>> irreleva=
>> nt statistic in support of an impossible course of action.
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>
> Insulting wording. How about:
> But he is ignoring the evidence and clinging tenaciously to an irrelevant
> statistic in support of an impossible course of action.
>
> --
> Randy Alexander
> Jilin City, China
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> http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu
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