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I’d have chosen “I also” to explain, even then it’s not what he uses but it makes a bit more sense in English: - I also [don’t like cake] After 15+ years spea

I’d have chosen “I also” to explain, even then it’s not what he uses but it makes a bit more sense in English: - I also [don’t like cake] After 15+ years speaking and writing English daily, I still trip over the use of “in, on, at”. And every now and then I have my first time pronouncing a word that I’ve known for years, from reading book in my teens. When I first tried to pronounce “phlegm” I tried to sound every letter on it.

thaumasiotes 5y ago
> When I first tried to pronounce “phlegm” I tried to sound every letter on it. The G is pronounced in the derived word "phlegmatic". It can't be pronounced in "phlegm"; English phonology doesn't allow for "gm" as a sound cluster. (Whereas in "phlegmatic", you can put a syllable break between the G and the M, so it's at least possible to produce the sounds.)