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Post by MissBianca on Jun 22, 2016 15:41:41 GMT
I just asked DH and he speaks daily to people all over the world, he's only heard it as suhg-jest. He was also born and raised in Georgia.
I have lived most of my life in New England but have also lived in GA, CA, HI, and NJ. I have always heard and said it as suhg-jest also.
I thought maybe it was a regional thing but someone upthread also said they were from NE and said it suh-gest.
Weird.
But I guess it's like tomato we say toe-may-toe. Our British friends say Toe- Maah-Toe
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 22, 2016 16:02:52 GMT
sug (rhymes with bug) jest Yes, that's exactly how I pronounce it. ^^^ me, too. I've never heard it pronounced the other way. (eta: grew up in the Midwest, now live in Arizona)
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Post by valincal on Jun 22, 2016 16:07:44 GMT
I have lived in So. California all my life and it is sug-jest for me. I have never heard suh-jest, or maybe I just haven't been paying attention. Why do suh-jest people drop the G? I pronounce both [g]s together as a soft [g]. And I pronounce the middle [g]s in 'bagging' as a hard [g].
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 22, 2016 16:12:33 GMT
I pronounce both [g]s together as a soft [g]. And I pronounce the middle [g]s in 'bagging' as a hard [g]. I have a Canadian friend and I noticed when she says bag it's like the "a" sound is dragged out baaaag.
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Post by RosieKat on Jun 22, 2016 16:12:47 GMT
I think I say both. Probably mostly suh-jest, but if I'm thinking as I'm speaking ("Hmm, I think I'd suggest...the chicken.") then I may say suhg-jest. I think it's the same for suggestion, too.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 22, 2016 16:24:34 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. I wasn't aware that there was an alternative pronounciation until today. This Brit has also never heard the word spoken with a hard G. It's quite subtle, isn't it? I suppose, because I was unaware of any alternative pronunciation, it never struck me. I pronounce the B in obvious. I pronounce the whole of the word temperature. But I do miss out the D in the middle of Wednesday. I'm going to pay more attention to American sitcoms now! Can anyone tell me whether they pronounce suggest with the hard G in Friends?
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Post by valincal on Jun 22, 2016 16:26:14 GMT
I pronounce both [g]s together as a soft [g]. And I pronounce the middle [g]s in 'bagging' as a hard [g]. I have a Canadian friend and I noticed when she says bag it's like the "a" sound is dragged out baaaag. I can't quite describe it, but yes we do. Americans (I think) pronounce it like they do the short {a} in 'back'.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 16:37:10 GMT
Grew up in the south...I say suh-gest.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 22, 2016 16:43:31 GMT
That American version is more what I was thinking - the g is not nearly as hard as bug. Almost more like sud-jest. Which I definitely have heard and might even say if I was trying to enunciate verses a quick suh-jest that still has more of the American pronunciation on the first syllable. The English version which seems like the emphasis is on the jest.
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Post by giatocj on Jun 22, 2016 16:50:26 GMT
As in sug (rhymes with bug) jest This is how I pronounce it. I've never heard it pronounced the way you say you're used to hearing it...that would sound very odd to me .
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 22, 2016 16:50:49 GMT
Yes, I dug deep in my memory and found a sud-jest lurking in there, which I haven't used or heard for years. It doesn't make sense, because there's no D in suggest, but maybe that's what I've been hearing and just translated it in my head. Well what do you know? ETA: I was replying to Darcy Collins
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 22, 2016 16:53:07 GMT
I taught first grade. You split the syllables at the double letter gg and the short u sound grabs the next consonant. A variance from that is when you hear the schwa sound and that separates the syllable without grabbing the next letter. Since the short u sound can also be considered a schwa sound, people might separate it at that sound. However, the double consonant trumps the schwa rule (in my reading manual) and sug/gest is correct (for the American pronunciation). I think it is a word that most people do not annunciate (and people put the stress on the last syllable instead of the first) and no one ever hears all of the sounds.
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Post by lbp on Jun 22, 2016 16:53:49 GMT
Grew up in SW Virginia and I have only heard sug-gest.
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Post by TheOtherMeg on Jun 22, 2016 16:54:51 GMT
Sug-jest. I've never noticed anybody saying suh-jest. Same and same.
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Post by holly on Jun 22, 2016 17:10:51 GMT
Suh-jest. Lived in Michigan, California and now Washington state. Hadn't really ever thought of mispronouncing this word, hmmm.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 17:33:29 GMT
Texan who pronounces it sug-jest.
But the dude in the video is really emphasizing it, I think. I don't say "sug" that hard... or with such a pause between the two syllables. I lived in England for 5 years and never noticed anyone pronouncing it suh-jest. I just asked my Bristish DH to pronounce it... he said suh-jest and never noticed anyone pronounce it sug-jest, lol! But it's such a soft pronunciation, it's almost undetectable to me. I had to ask him several times to pronounce it, because I wasn't sure there was a difference at first!
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 22, 2016 18:27:46 GMT
It's sug-jest. Suh jest would be a lazy person's way of saying it, or someone uneducated.
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Post by gar on Jun 22, 2016 18:39:31 GMT
It's sug-jest. Suh jest would be a lazy person's way of saying it, or someone uneducated. Or someone from another country? Or another part of your own, judging by many posts!
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Post by joelise on Jun 22, 2016 18:39:56 GMT
It's sug-jest. Suh jest would be a lazy person's way of saying it, or someone uneducated. I pronounce it Suh-jest. I'm neither lazy or uneducated, I'm British
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Post by anniefb on Jun 22, 2016 18:42:07 GMT
How have I not noticed this before??? So weird. Wow I had no idea. I have American friends and never noticed the 'sug'. It's definitely 'suh-jest' here.
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Post by psiluvu on Jun 22, 2016 18:43:47 GMT
It's sug-jest. Suh jest would be a lazy person's way of saying it, or someone uneducated. Wow that's rude. I say suh jest as do most people in my neck of the woods and am neither rude nor uneducated nor as judgmental as some.
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Post by tduby1 on Jun 22, 2016 18:45:22 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. Michigsn, too and ditto all of the above right down to not realizing I pronounced suggestion with the g till now, lol.
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 22, 2016 18:47:42 GMT
I say it both ways, but more often without the hard g soung, so suh-jest
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Post by anniefb on Jun 22, 2016 18:51:58 GMT
It's sug-jest. Suh jest would be a lazy person's way of saying it, or someone uneducated. Or someone from another country? Or another part of your own, judging by many posts! You know what they say - two (or more) nations divided by a common language? Suh-jest is standard pronunciation here in New Zealand. And I'm pretty well educated IMO 2 bachelors degrees, a masters degree and 2 postgraduate diplomas
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Post by gar on Jun 22, 2016 18:55:17 GMT
Or someone from another country? Or another part of your own, judging by many posts! You know what they say - two (or more) nations divided by a common language? Suh-jest is standard pronunciation here in New Zealand. And I'm pretty well educated IMO 2 bachelors degrees, a masters degree and 2 postgraduate diplomas :thumbsup:
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Post by kristi521 on Jun 22, 2016 19:01:07 GMT
Me too. I've never heard it pronounced differently. I've never heard it pronounced that way. The only way I've ever heard it is suh-jest. I also say it suh-jest and have never heard it the other way until listening to the youtube video.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 19:03:14 GMT
I never noticed it before. I pronounce it sug-gest (American in Massachusetts). I tend to leave off the first "g" when I'm talking fast, but I hear it in my head. I think it's a subtle difference, and I hear it the way I think I say it.
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Post by katlady on Jun 22, 2016 19:28:27 GMT
Never paid attention but I probably say it both ways depending on the situation. The "g" when I am emphasizing the word, without the 'g' when I am just talking in a regular conversation.
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Post by theshyone on Jun 22, 2016 19:48:21 GMT
As in sug (rhymes with bug) jest This is how I pronounce it. I've never heard it pronounced the way you say you're used to hearing it...that would sound very odd to me . I do hear occasionally on tv or with other nationalities the sun-jest. But I was taught and say sug-jest. Or sug-jes-tion
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