{"id":1671,"date":"2013-11-10T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1671"},"modified":"2013-11-11T15:54:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T15:54:51","slug":"ge-and-gi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1671","title":{"rendered":"&lt;ge&gt; and &lt;gi&gt;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the following letter is either &lt;e&gt; or &lt;i&gt;, the pronunciation of &lt;g&gt; is often <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">d\u0292<\/span>, as in<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>age gem gin gesture rigid<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the two lists that follow however the letter &lt;g&gt; represents the sound <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u0261<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>anger beget eager forget finger gecko geld(ing) get hunger lager linger longer longest luger renege stronger strongest tiger younger youngest<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>begin forgive gibbon gibbous giddy gift gig giggle gild gilt gimlet gimmick gingham gird girder girl girth git give gismo gizzard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The word <em>gill <\/em> is pronounced <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">\u0261\u026al<\/span> if the meaning is &#8220;breathing organ of fish&#8221;, but is <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">d\u0292\u026al<\/span> if the word means &#8220;liquid measure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The word element <em>giga<\/em>&#8211; as in <em>gigabyte<\/em> has initial<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"> \u0261<\/span> for some speakers, but initial <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">d\u0292<\/span> for others.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>2013_11_10<br \/>\nUpdated: 2013_11_11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the following letter is either &lt;e&gt; or &lt;i&gt;, the pronunciation of &lt;g&gt; is often d\u0292, as in age gem gin gesture rigid In the two lists that follow however the letter &lt;g&gt; represents the sound \u0261. anger beget eager forget finger gecko geld(ing) get hunger lager linger longer longest luger renege stronger strongest tiger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1671"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1671\/revisions\/1676"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}