Regus

[V]

Never mind my earlier response. You meant the velar softening.

Pedro.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:26 PM, V <raindoctor at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's the case with many such words.
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> For instance:
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> anus, heinous, status
> fetus, Jesus, genus, Regus
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> Pedro
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> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> In this company's TV ads, it's it rhymes with "egregious."
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