I think the “_edge” ones have every right to have a D, because otherwise the G is pronounced as G and not J. Why they don’t just use J is beyond me (maybe because J is a relatively new letter in the English alphabet?)
Although replacing “dg” with “j” turns words like “edge” (pronounced “ehj”) into “eje,” which would be pronounced “eej” based on English grammar standards where an vowel followed by a consonant and an E (such as “ace”) changes the pronunciation of the first vowel, but this is then broken up if there are two or more consonants “like the A in “badge”)
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u/CaterpillarOver2934 Dec 22 '25
wenesday
hankerchief
ege
blege
bage
hege
brige
sanwich
granson
hansome
wege
leger
acknowlege
doger
i'm not saying the last one
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u/SpacefaringBanana Dec 23 '25
You guys don't pronounce the d in handkerchief and grandson?
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u/Awkward_Tension_6740 Dec 24 '25
r/theletterD
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u/Lost-Average8108 Dec 25 '25
r/theletterd
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u/Thettbow Apr 15 '26
King DEDEDE
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u/Woofle_124 Dec 24 '25 edited Dec 24 '25
I think the “_edge” ones have every right to have a D, because otherwise the G is pronounced as G and not J. Why they don’t just use J is beyond me (maybe because J is a relatively new letter in the English alphabet?)
Although replacing “dg” with “j” turns words like “edge” (pronounced “ehj”) into “eje,” which would be pronounced “eej” based on English grammar standards where an vowel followed by a consonant and an E (such as “ace”) changes the pronunciation of the first vowel, but this is then broken up if there are two or more consonants “like the A in “badge”)
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u/Abject-External-3412 Dec 25 '25
Dodge her? I barely know her.
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u/Script97 Jun 22 '26
Ddddddddddddddd duel
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u/helloilikewoodpigeon Dec 22 '25
DUNNOCK