Is Bargello pronounced with the "g" sound or is it pronounced with the "j" sound? I have been wondering this.
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"J" sound like Giant.
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Yup Bar-jello.
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
Yup Bar-jello.
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You can check pronunciation of words at this site.
Click on the little speaker to the right of the word. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bargello |
g before e sounds like j
g befor o sounds like guh |
Originally Posted by valsma
Is Bargello pronounced with the "g" sound or is it pronounced with the "j" sound? I have been wondering this.
Tom-ae-to, tom-ah-to and Pot-ae-to and pot-ah-to You'll hear it said both ways! :) |
Originally Posted by eastermarie
g before e sounds like j
until I'm tired of looking for them. I kind of had the same question, so it's not as silly as one might seem. Plus, since I teach EFL, I realize over and over that our pronunciation can be pretty arbitrary at times. Tonight I had the ough and augh sound. Bought and caught sound the same. :) though and thought are different vowel sounds though spelled the same. I know the rules about the hard G and soft g usually coming when g comes before i, e, or y. But sometimes exceptions get the best of us. Our English language is full of rules and then...EXCEPT for ... |
Then there's the other English oddities ....
A bunch of goose are geese, but a bunch of moose are not meese. We park on the driveway yet drive on the parkway. |
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