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Old 09-21-2012, 07:51 AM   #78
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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin
FWIW, I'm disposed to think that dzh- in English, spelled either J or G, is a French import. But I certainly have no evidence to back up my gut there.
But, regardless of the pronunciation of 'ng', isn't it rather generally accepted that 'cg' was pronounced [ʤ]? (As in 'ecg' - modern English 'edge' - for example).
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