Re: USAGE : Yet another proof people are weird ...

Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:

> Quoting Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...>:
>
> > Perhaps it has to do with syllable boundaries? I'm guessing that in
> > _ignorera_ there is a syllable break between the "g" ([g] or [N]) and
> > the "n", while _ugn_ is all one syllable.
>
> Nice theory, which unfortunately founders on _ugnar_ ['8Nnar] "owens".
>
> Another weird twist; when my brother attempts to mimic my pronunciation, he
> ends up with [INgure:ra]. What the?!?
Act'ly, he ends up with [INgUre:ra], but that's only marginally less weird.

                                                          Andreas