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What's different between pronouncing of these words: Get and Gem?
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowShould 'g' followed by 'e' and 'i' be pronounced with a soft or hard g?Difference in pronunciation between 'warship' and 'worship'?How do you pronounce the word 'vagary'?Are there rules of pronunciation for words in English?Should 'g' followed by 'e' and 'i' be pronounced with a soft or hard g?How did some English words get a “y” sound in front of “uː”-sounding vowels?How do native English speakers pronounce these Vietnamese words “Le” & “Bo”?Asians pronounce 'people' as 'peopo'Difference between /ʌ/ and /ə/ in English IPADifference between /æ/ and /ɛ/Different pronunciations of “-ead”/“-ed”/“-aid” words
I know that the Ge sound pronounced as J in the English language.
Exp. Gem. But the pronounce of "Get" word is not pronounced like that.
Can anyone explain this?
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I know that the Ge sound pronounced as J in the English language.
Exp. Gem. But the pronounce of "Get" word is not pronounced like that.
Can anyone explain this?
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"Get" is simply an exception. Wiktionary has a list of such exceptions: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… In most cases, the reason for "g" being pronounced with one sound or the other is etymology, as described in this related post on this site: english.stackexchange.com/questions/204231/…
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They're two different words.
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I know that the Ge sound pronounced as J in the English language.
Exp. Gem. But the pronounce of "Get" word is not pronounced like that.
Can anyone explain this?
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I know that the Ge sound pronounced as J in the English language.
Exp. Gem. But the pronounce of "Get" word is not pronounced like that.
Can anyone explain this?
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"Get" is simply an exception. Wiktionary has a list of such exceptions: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… In most cases, the reason for "g" being pronounced with one sound or the other is etymology, as described in this related post on this site: english.stackexchange.com/questions/204231/…
– sumelic
5 hours ago
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They're two different words.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
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"Get" is simply an exception. Wiktionary has a list of such exceptions: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… In most cases, the reason for "g" being pronounced with one sound or the other is etymology, as described in this related post on this site: english.stackexchange.com/questions/204231/…
– sumelic
5 hours ago
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They're two different words.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
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"Get" is simply an exception. Wiktionary has a list of such exceptions: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… In most cases, the reason for "g" being pronounced with one sound or the other is etymology, as described in this related post on this site: english.stackexchange.com/questions/204231/…
– sumelic
5 hours ago
"Get" is simply an exception. Wiktionary has a list of such exceptions: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… In most cases, the reason for "g" being pronounced with one sound or the other is etymology, as described in this related post on this site: english.stackexchange.com/questions/204231/…
– sumelic
5 hours ago
1
1
They're two different words.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
They're two different words.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
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"Get" is simply an exception. Wiktionary has a list of such exceptions: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… In most cases, the reason for "g" being pronounced with one sound or the other is etymology, as described in this related post on this site: english.stackexchange.com/questions/204231/…
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They're two different words.
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