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Re: /N/ vs /Ng/ (was: Re: English notation)

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Saturday, June 30, 2001, 10:18
> > Just a few quams here... "Bangor" has no /g/ for me, though, I must >admit, I don't know anyone from said city, so if I find out they pronounce
it
>that way, I might. Is "dongle" really a word? "Ungulate" is definitely >/VndZulejt/, mabye with a little /j/ in between the /dZ/ and the /u/. But, >yeah, I was just thinking up examples, and I'm sure everyone knows that >feeling. > >-David
The Macquarie Dictionary I have says ungulate /VNgj@l@t, -leIt/ listed, and I'm pretty sure that a dongle is a technical term for a little hardware plugin that renders some specially written software unusable unless it is plugged in. Imperative