Brexit with a hard G

Mind that apostrophe.
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UncleZen
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Brexit with a hard G

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It seems to be the fashion among newscasters to pronouce Brexit as Bregsit

There is no hard G

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dealtn
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Re: Brexit with a hard G

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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.

GoSeigen
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Re: Brexit with a hard G

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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.

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Well it would have been if you hadn't written this:
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I wasn't listening, I was reading, must try to use Siri a bit more...


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