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    Pronunciation of fungi

    in Medical Science

    Posted · Edited by JazeWay

    On 2/15/2006 at 1:06 AM, NPK said:

    Another word that is pronounced inconsistently.

     

    Fun-j-eye ?

     

    Fun j (eye) in Standard American English.
    "G" followed by "I" is a soft sound (The "J" sound) as in , "giraffe:.

    ("Fun guy," became popularized because of the jokes about a fun guy.)

    (Fungus has the hard G because it is followed by the U as the G in the name Gus.)

    I am a mycologist...Someone who studies fungi.Fungi is plural and fungus is singular.

    (Some people  use a hard G all the time.  I do not recommend that.)

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