why does changeable have an "e"?

[HollyDay]

Shouldn't the e be dropped when the suffix is added?

[EmilyGF]

So that "g" says /j/ instead of /g/ - g can say /j/ before e and i.

 

HTH, Emily

[MerryAtHope]

So that "g" says /j/ instead of /g/ - g can say /j/ before e and i.

 

HTH, Emily

 

WSS. G can also be soft before Y.

[Tam101]

I was going to say the same. If a g is followed by E I or Y it sounds like a J.

[lotsofpumpkins]

Because, as someone here recently quoted, "English is a mongrel that follows other languages down dark alleys, assaults them, and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar."

:lol::lol::lol:

 

 

:lol: Too funny!

[Earth Angel_79]

Because, as someone here recently quoted, "English is a mongrel that follows other languages down dark alleys, assaults them, and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar."

:lol::lol::lol:

 

That is the funniest thing I've read all day! I don't know what that says about my life, but there it is.

[Ellie]

I was going to say the same. If a g is followed by E I or Y it sounds like a J.

Technically, the rule is that g may say /j/ when followed by e, i, or y. It doesn't always.

 

C followed by e, i, or y always says /s/. G followed by e, i, or y may say /j/.

[MerryAtHope]

Because, as someone here recently quoted, "English is a mongrel that follows other languages down dark alleys, assaults them, and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar."

:lol::lol::lol:

 

 

:lol::lol::lol:

[BearLair]

Because, as someone here recently quoted, "English is a mongrel that follows other languages down dark alleys, assaults them, and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar."

:lol::lol::lol:

 

Oh yes, this I like! Now it all makes sense.:blink:

[Aubrey]

Because, as someone here recently quoted, "English is a mongrel that follows other languages down dark alleys, assaults them, and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar."

:lol::lol::lol:

 

Do we have to give credit for this to someone? Because I'm thinking of painting it over my sink. Or toilet. Hmmm...:001_huh::lol:

[Lightly Salted]

Because, as someone here recently quoted, "English is a mongrel that follows other languages down dark alleys, assaults them, and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar."

:lol::lol::lol:

 

LOVE it! :D:lol:

[nmoira]

C followed by e, i, or y always says /s/.

Very nearly almost always. :)

 

Celt and Celtic

arcing

[Ellie]

Very nearly almost always. :)

 

Celt and Celtic

arcing

Celt and Celtic aren't English. :-)

 

Don't know about "arcing,' but that's extremely rare. :-)

[nmoira]

Celt and Celtic aren't English. :-)

But so little of English is. That's the problem. :lol:

 

Don't know about "arcing,' but that's extremely rare. :-)

Most of us only hear it used in association with microwave ovens, but it is a common term in electronics.

[Devotional Soul]

English the mongrel, lol! :lol:

 

Alphabet Island describes Goofy G as /j/ jolly around e,i, and y, but gets /g/ goofed up when seeing double and around a,o, and u. Seeing double means double letters in words like geese, giggle, geezer, gill, gimmick, gizzard, giddy.

[Alessandra]

Because, as someone here recently quoted, "English is a mongrel that follows other languages down dark alleys, assaults them, and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar."

:lol::lol::lol:

 

Spectacular quotation!

[freerange]

Do we have to give credit for this to someone? Because I'm thinking of painting it over my sink. Or toilet. Hmmm...:001_huh::lol:

 

I believe it's Terry Pratchet.

[Guest Cheryl in SoCal]

English the mongrel, lol! :lol:

 

Alphabet Island describes Goofy G as /j/ jolly around e,i, and y, but gets /g/ goofed up when seeing double and around a,o, and u. Seeing double means double letters in words like geese, giggle, geezer, gill, gimmick, gizzard, giddy.

I :001_wub: Alphabet Island!!!

[Earth Angel_79]

Is Terry Pratchet someone on here? I wanna get this on a t-shirt...they should make some commission! I'm already planning on stealing it for my facebook page later today, so nice to have the author. LOL