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Misterpolly has added 126 words, 9 lists, 178 comments, and 0 tags.

Words with that horrible 'gn' sound

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Words 1 through 49 of 49
gnostic   was added by Ravages and has been listed 15 times with 2 comments
signification   was added by rolig and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
significant   was added by rolig and has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
signify   was added by rolig and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
signet   was added by bilby and has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
magnet   was added by bilby and has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
magnum   was added by rolig and has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
magna carta   was added by rolig and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
lignite   was added by bilby and has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
regnal   was added by rolig and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
ignotum per ignotius   was added by rolig and has been listed 3 times with 3 comments
resignation   was added by rolig and has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
ignition   was added by rolig and has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
ignoble   was added by rolig and has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
igneous   was added by rolig and has been listed 19 times with 0 comments
ignite   was added by rolig and has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
ignore   was added by rolig and has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
bognor   was added by bilby and has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
pugnacious   was added by bilby and has been listed 68 times with 0 comments
indignation   was added by rolig and has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
indignant   was added by rolig and has been listed 24 times with 0 comments
indignity   was added by rolig and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
dignify   was added by rolig and has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
dignity   was added by rolig and has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
ignoramus   was added by rolig and has been listed 32 times with 1 comment
ignorant   was added by rolig and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
agnostic   was added by rolig and has been listed 35 times with 1 comment
impregnation   was added by rolig and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
wagnerian   was added by rolig and has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
gnu   was added by rolig and has been listed 14 times with 0 comments
agnewism   was added by rolig and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
assignation   was added by rolig and has been listed 9 times with 2 comments
gnomic   was added by rolig and has been listed 21 times with 2 comments
gnome   was added by rolig and has been listed 27 times with 3 comments
gnosis   was added by rolig and has been listed 15 times with 1 comment
gnat   was added by Ravages and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
ignition   was added by Ravages and has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
incognito   was added by Ravages and has been listed 41 times with 1 comment
designation   was added by Ravages and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
diagnosis   was added by bilby and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
magnum   was added by bilby and has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
ignominious   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 28 times with 0 comments
ignorant   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
prognosis   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
signature   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
signal   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
impregnable   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 14 times with 4 comments
interregnum   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 33 times with 2 comments
pregnant   was added by Misterpolly and has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
Words 1 through 49 of 49
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8 months ago reesetee said:

Bilby, if your doctor is prying at those wobbly bits with a sphygmomanometer, perhaps you need a new doctor.

8 months ago bilby said:

Appears irreversible rolig. I think the group lists feature is still a work in progress.

8 months ago rolig said:

Bilby, you're right! But how do I delete "my" magnum?

8 months ago sionnach said:

This is a fine list, though I have to agree with rolig, that there is nothing intrinsically horrible about the -gn- combination. Difficulties in pronunciation seem to arise only when the -gn- combo appears too close to another 'n' or 'm'.

8 months ago Ravages said:

IGNOU? An acronym for the Indira Gandhi National Open University. It's now forgotten, is the name and only referred to as IGNOU

8 months ago bilby said:

Magnum was added a while back so there must be a bugnum in the group list feature that allows words to be added more than once.

8 months ago bilby said:

I do, sionnach. I can never concentrate when those doctor persons are prying at my wobbly bits.

8 months ago sionnach said:

Bilby: do you mean sphygmomanometer? This is a word I have difficulty pronouncing. Magnanimity is another.

I do have a list somewhere called 'My karma ran over my dogma'.

8 months ago rolig said:

there are all those greek words with -gm-: dogma, phlegmatic, syntagmatic, paradigmatic... Could be a different list.

8 months ago bilby said:

How about sphigmomenometer? Is gm as unpalatable as gn?

8 months ago bilby said:

Haha, g-no way! What can I say?!

8 months ago rolig said:

Yeah, I know, bilby, the "g" is supposed to be silent, but I like to say "g-nome", "g-nu", etc. -- because I can! Why let all that training with Slavic consonant clusters go to waste just because I'm speaking English? Also, Ravages, listed "gnat", so I figured it was OK.

8 months ago bilby said:

rolig, please tell me how you pronounce gnome?

8 months ago Ravages said:

Carthaginian?

8 months ago rolig said:

I've added a few... but I'm not sure what it is you find so horrible about -gn-. I suppose it's highly subjective.

8 months ago Ravages said:

design?

8 months ago Misterpolly said:

Yes, so short as to be practically ignaudible.

8 months ago bilby said:

The schwa is pretty short in bargaining. Is the sound in that word equally offensive?

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