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13th June 2016
The
Independent web site contained an article about regional variations in
the UK of pronounciation of a number of words like three, splinter,
arm, butter, last, new and tongue (the latter being the one of
particular interest to me). Their article compared a study from
the 1950s with data from 2016.
How do you say “TONGUE”? If you pronounce the “g” then you're from Bolton or Preston. Everyone else gives it a soft “ng” sound.
Back in the day, the hard “g” in “TONGUE” was much more common in Stoke and Merseyside.
