Re: [tied] Re: PIE Word Formation Q&A (1)

> There are also
>some dialects of English (for example, Southern American English),
>that pronounce <ng> as [Ng] whenever it is not word-final (and, in
>some areas, even word-finally).

You don't have to go that far afield. Here in the West Midlands (centred
around Birmingham, England's 2nd city) there are a number of very different
regional or local dialects, with long histories. Many of these pronounce
all <ng> as /Ng/, even word finally. My partner, for example, refuses to
believe that <singer> and <finger> do not rhyme exactly; and <sing> has a
distinct /g/ at the end.

Peter