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    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      I hand it to this dum-dum on the left who takes it to the dump.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Yeah but the word fridge gets a D for no reason so I figure dumpster should lose a useless letter to balance it all out.

        • TankieTanuki [he/him]
          hexagon
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          edit-2
          4 years ago

          The word hamster has just as much of a P-sound as the word dumpster IMO.

          Edit: Try to pronounce it without a trace of a P-sound. Can't do it! [/Bill O'Reilly]

        • gobble_ghoul [he/him]
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          edit-2
          4 years ago

          That's just an artifact of how English spells /dʒ/. Word finally that sound is usually spelled <dge> or <ge> as in "edge" and "gauge" and word initially it's usually spelled <j> or <g> as in "just" and "gentle". The word "judge" doesn't have two distinct consonant sounds in it. It's the same one spelled differently.s