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Replying to @FreyjaErlings
G before y, I and e tends to be soft in English, particularly in latinate-origin words (oriGin indeed).
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Replying to @FreyjaErlings
Germanic origin words tend toward hard G but the general rule is the soft one for new words. And "Germanic" itself is soft
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Replying to @FreyjaErlings @AndriErlingsson
It seems more common to treat the soft-g rule as regular for made-up modern coinages like "flibbertigibbet"
2:53 PM - 15 Jun 2017
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