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Old 27-12-2011, 12:30   #72
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Re: Linguistic tic's and crutches

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
It always strikes me as sloppy when they refer to 'fiddling' on the B.B.C. news, when someone's been caught cheating, stealing, or defrauding.

Especially when they drop the 'g', and pronounce it as fiddlin'.


Just a quick correction here, Garinda. In words that end in 'ing', the 'g' should never be pronounced; it is a nasal sound where you raise the back of your tongue (pronounced again without the 'g' and tun) to the palette.
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