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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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That very teacher must have moved north to teach French, 'cuz I was turned into an earthworm by that same strategy with the the response to my attempt at what I honestly thought should sound like Ving-gen-twoiks... Who knew?
Stitchawl