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Brexit with a hard G

Posted: July 14th, 2020, 1:50 pm
by UncleZen
It seems to be the fashion among newscasters to pronouce Brexit as Bregsit

There is no hard G

That's the end
Thank you for listening

Re: Brexit with a hard G

Posted: July 14th, 2020, 2:16 pm
by dealtn
UncleZen wrote:It seems to be the fashion among newscasters to pronouce Brexit as Bregsit

There is no hard G

That's the end
Thank you for listening


It seems, in this place, "full stops" are out of fashion too.

Re: Brexit with a hard G

Posted: July 14th, 2020, 5:49 pm
by GoSeigen
UncleZen wrote:It seems to be the fashion among newscasters to pronouce Brexit as Bregsit

Some newscasters. Most of them pronounce "pronouce" with two N's too.


There is no hard G

Why not? Here's a counterexample.


That's the end

Well it would have been if you hadn't written this:
Thank you for listening

I wasn't listening, I was reading, must try to use Siri a bit more...


GS