[Ads-l] plague

Mark Mandel markamandel at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jun 5 03:25:55 UTC 2023


Maybe he's just fond of /æ/.

Mark /mæn'dɛl/

On Sun, Jun 4, 2023, 6:25 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> He also makes "pagan" rhyme with "draggin'."
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 6:00 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The very articulate, American narrator of the YouTube video "Crom &
> > Taranis," about Irish mythology, consistently pronounces "plague" to
> rhyme
> > with "flag."
> >
> > JL
> >
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
> >
>
>
> --
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