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    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      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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      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