@goatsarah @ajlanes indeed. Similarly for the very many portmanteaus with "national" → "nat" eg "National Westminster" → "NatWest", it's never ever been pronounced "Nash West", not by anyone AFAIK.
@Sarah Brown @name := tricia.(spooky) I know, I was just being silly. It’s similar to arguments as to meaning based on etymology. It’s likely that how you pronounce it will be based on how your tribe pronounces it, and how those letter shapes work in your language.
I pronounce the final P too, but the -ksp consonant cluster (-ksps in the plural!) seems like the sort of thing that would collapse to something easier.
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Unknown parent • •@Sarah Brown @name := tricia.(spooky) I know, I was just being silly. It’s similar to arguments as to meaning based on etymology. It’s likely that how you pronounce it will be based on how your tribe pronounces it, and how those letter shapes work in your language.
I pronounce the final P too, but the -ksp consonant cluster (-ksps in the plural!) seems like the sort of thing that would collapse to something easier.
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in reply to Alexandra Lanes • • •@ajlanes @goatsarah I use both "regexp" and "rejex". Wonder if it's something to do with syllable division (reg-exp but re-jex)?
(Also: gif not jif. Don't need justification, but, for example, git not jit.)
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in reply to Sion [main] • • •for "gi\w{0,3}" in a not-awfully-complete dictionary but it's what I had to hand:
HARD
gi
giddy
gift(s)
gig(s)
gild(s)
gill(s)
[fish]gilt(s)
gimme
gimpy
gird(s)
girl(s)
girt(s)
girth
gismo
give(n,s)
gizmo
SOFT
giant
gibe(d,s)
gill(s) [ferrets, spirits]
gin(s)
gipsy
gist
(this is how I pronounce things; Wiktionary where I wasn''t sure)
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