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Pronounciation

My idly wandering thoughts have led me to this question:

Tuskegee Airmen.

Is it pronounced with the ‘g’ as in Gin, or as in Good?

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By: neilly - 20th July 2003 at 08:04

Me thinks, you lot have been overdosing on Monty Python:p

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By: Yak 11 Fan - 20th July 2003 at 02:03

Think that one is pronounced Jay-Knee

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By: DIGBY - 19th July 2003 at 19:01

And why can’t A L find out about ” JANIE “?

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By: Snapper - 19th July 2003 at 00:29

Tuss – Kee – Gee. Definately.

Now why is Y pronounced why and not yie (as in pie)?

And why is Y in French eeGreck?

Mondaeegreck, Tuesdaeegreck etc

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By: macky42 - 18th July 2003 at 16:40

:rolleyes:

correct of course.

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By: Bob Swaddling - 18th July 2003 at 16:38

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By: macky42 - 18th July 2003 at 16:20

How do you pronounce

ghoti

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By: cygnet - 18th July 2003 at 16:17

Moggy
I would say it would be the former
but then agin whot du i no

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By: futurshox - 18th July 2003 at 15:42

Marvellous. I am enlighted. Thanks guys 🙂

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By: Moggy C - 18th July 2003 at 15:37

This has every chance of becoming a very long thread.

Is it

Pro NUN see ayshun

or

Pro NOWN see ayshun

:confused:

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By: Bob Swaddling - 18th July 2003 at 15:33

I have always heard it pronounced as Tus – KEE – gee.
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By: gbwez1 - 18th July 2003 at 15:29

It’s Tusk – EE – gee with g as in Good.

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By: Moggy C - 18th July 2003 at 15:19

Ay yes, but is that

Tusk – EGG – ee

or

Tusker – gee

:confused:

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By: Bob Swaddling - 18th July 2003 at 14:54

It is “G” as in “Good”.

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