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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
I fell flat on dingy (dark & dusty) and dingy (small boat) - I first encountered it whilst reading Treasure Island - and promptly read it aloud with a hard G until corrected in front of all my classmates by a sadistic teacher who reveled in public humiliation as a teaching strategy.
[and it worked! I've never forgotten that moment in my elementary school education!]
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I thought the boat was a dinghy. Or is that the UK spelling, which includes so many unnecessary letters. <rant> Dr Johnson should have been drowned at birth. Imagine separating off the 'e' in diphthongs such as 'ae' and moving it to the end of the word. Or using an 'e' at the end of a word to change the pronunciation of another vowel in the middle of the word.
</rant>
And I hold steadfastly to ek-in-a-see-a for the cold cure.
