How do you pronounce legion??


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Posted by Rangatira on Friday, 30. March 2007 at 11:04 Bali Time:

In Reply to: LEGIAN,,,,,,,Leggy yarn ???? posted by balibellyboy on Tuesday, 27. March 2007 at 17:48 Bali Time:

Native English speakers naturally use the soft G as in legion or ledgend if the first time they encounter the word Legian is in written form. Candidasa is another common mispronounciation as English sprekers read it as a hard C as in could.

Here's some trivia.

How do you pronounce the sirnames Cockburn and Featherstonehough
Don't cheat and scroll down.

Cockburns don't pronounce the k for fairly obvious reasons, and Feathstonehough is
pronounced Fanshaw. The wonders of English.


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