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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 22, 2016 10:24:42 GMT
My daughter asked me today "Why do Americans pronounce it sug-jest?"
As in sug (rhymes with bug) jest
I told her that I'd never heard anyone pronounce it like that. She told me that she's heard it on TV and gave me a few examples. I still didn't believe her.... until she found this video:
WTH??? I've never noticed anyone pronouncing it sug-jest before.
The video gives 2 pronunciations. The "proper" pronunciation sug-jest and the "common" pronunciation suh-jest, which is the only way I've ever heard or noticed it pronounced.
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Post by gar on Jun 22, 2016 10:27:43 GMT
That's weird! Dying to hear if our American friends really do say it like that. I can't remember hearing it like that on any American TV but who knows!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 22, 2016 10:29:15 GMT
sug (rhymes with bug) jest Yes, that's exactly how I pronounce it. |
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Post by Kerri W on Jun 22, 2016 10:29:17 GMT
Sug-jest. I've never noticed anybody saying suh-jest.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 22, 2016 10:31:46 GMT
 How have I not noticed this before??? So weird.
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Post by Kerri W on Jun 22, 2016 10:36:01 GMT
For me the g sound is not as hard as the g in bug, but is definitely not silent. Maybe more like suhgjest.
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Post by brandy327 on Jun 22, 2016 10:39:13 GMT
sug (rhymes with bug) jest Yes, that's exactly how I pronounce it.  |
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Post by Nink on Jun 22, 2016 10:40:11 GMT
sug (rhymes with bug) jest Yes, that's exactly how I pronounce it. Me too. I've never heard it pronounced differently. |
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Post by kelly8875 on Jun 22, 2016 10:54:44 GMT
Yes, that's exactly how I pronounce it. Me too. I've never heard it pronounced differently. Me too. I've never heard it differently. |
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Post by Karmady on Jun 22, 2016 10:56:13 GMT
I've never noticed that about Americans either. I'm Canadian and pronounce su-jest similar to the word gesture.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jun 22, 2016 11:10:47 GMT
Sug jest
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 22, 2016 11:14:05 GMT
Yeah, suhgest--we're crass rebel types here!
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Post by Really Red on Jun 22, 2016 11:17:47 GMT
American and Sug-jest unless I am speaking super quickly, then it's the suh-jest
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Post by J u l e e on Jun 22, 2016 11:39:54 GMT
American who says suh-jest.
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Post by Scrappyhappy on Jun 22, 2016 11:42:18 GMT
Sug-jest
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Post by pierkiss on Jun 22, 2016 11:42:32 GMT
sug (rhymes with bug) jest Yes, that's exactly how I pronounce it. Me too. I've never heard anyone pronounce it the other way. I didn't know there was another way!  |
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Post by gar on Jun 22, 2016 11:46:08 GMT
So all those of you who pronounce the 'g' - had you noticed how other nationalities pronounced it differently to you? Because I've never heard it pronounced differently in any of the American tv we get here. Maybe it's just really subtle.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 22, 2016 11:46:57 GMT
American who pronounces it Suh-jest.
But I used to rush through a lot of words. I had to break myself of saying I was from Kan City instead of kansas city.
Maybe it is a regional thing.
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Post by raindancer on Jun 22, 2016 11:48:54 GMT
I lived in the northwesr, southwest, Midwest and southeast and I have never heard the g pronounced, and I say suh-jest.
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Post by gillyp on Jun 22, 2016 11:49:48 GMT
Common English person here. I have never heard it said any other way than suh-jest. We live and learn.
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Post by cmhs on Jun 22, 2016 11:51:09 GMT
I say sug-jest.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 11:51:38 GMT
The first way on teh video. Sug (bug) jest. I've never noticed it be pronounced any other way.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 22, 2016 11:52:54 GMT
sug (rhymes with bug) jest Yes, that's exactly how I pronounce it. Me too. I ever knew that there was another way to say it. |
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Post by madgie on Jun 22, 2016 11:53:40 GMT
I say sug-jest.
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Post by blue tulip on Jun 22, 2016 11:54:29 GMT
I'm in MI, I say suh-jest, and that's how I remember everyone I know saying it as well. but when I was saying it to myself several times to see, I just realized that I say "sug-jestion". weird.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 11:56:41 GMT
suh-jest. Native Texan, if it matters.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jun 22, 2016 12:01:00 GMT
For me the g sound is not as hard as the g in bug, but is definitely not silent. Maybe more like suhgjest. This |
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Post by Miss Ang on Jun 22, 2016 12:01:57 GMT
For me the g sound is not as hard as the g in bug, but is definitely not silent. Maybe more like suhgjest.  |
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jun 22, 2016 12:03:09 GMT
I have never heard or said sug jest in real life or on any tv shows. Chicago area American teacher. Thousands of students, parents and teachers, not one said it that way. Travelled a bit, as well. I have never heard it.
I had no idea it could be pronounced any way other than suh jest.
ETA. Listening to that video again, the way he says suh jest is too fast on the suh. I hear and say it with the longer first syllable but not a clear g. So sort of somewhere in between. And suggestion still no g.
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Post by hollymolly on Jun 22, 2016 12:03:40 GMT
Southerner here. I say Sug-jest. Not quite as hard as the g in bug, as someone said above. Not pronouncing a hard g sounds wrong to my ears. What about Suggestion? blue tulip answered, but what about the rest of you? |
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How have I not noticed this before??? So weird.
