Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Word Ponderings - and The Letter G

 

(Image by Martin Javorek from Pixabay)

In a semi-conscious / edge of dream-state wakeful moment last night...these questions scurried through my brain - like meth'd up kids racing through a mall on skateboards...
 
Why is the "g" in gym hard, and not soft - like in grip, goes, or guy?
Why isn't gym spelled jym?
 
Why is the "g" in tragedy hard, and not soft - like in target, tragus, or troglodyte?
Why isn't tragedy spelled trajedy?
 
You've heard the expression "bats in the belfry"?
 
I've got hamsters, I tell you.

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