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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Finger and singer

Finger and singer
Is the last sylable pronounced the same?

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Anonymous Finger and singer They're different. / In the "finger" group: anger, linger, finger, hunger, longer, stronger, younger, ... This includes the cases where -er is added to an adjective to mean 'more'.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Finger and singer They're different.
  • / In the "finger" group: anger, linger, finger, hunger, longer, stronger, younger, ...
  • This includes the cases where -er is added to an adjective to mean 'more'.
  • In the "singer" group: singer, ringer, stinger, singing, ringing, stinging, ...
  • , One who sings is a singer .
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AnonymousFinger and singer
They're different. /'f??.g?/ /'s??.?/

In the "finger" group: anger, linger, finger, hunger, longer, stronger, younger, ...
This includes the cases where -er is added to an adjective to mean 'more'.

In the "singer" group: singer, ringer, stinger, singing, ringing, stinging, ...
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When I say them, they come out as fin-ger and sing-er. This might not be the case for speakers of other dialects.
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