words with the ending -ger

Question

What are some words with the ending -ger?

English words or Spanish words? You need to be more clear. - pesta, Oct 20, 2010

Answer 1

0041e19d said

there isn't one.. the "a" seamingly sounds different because of the g sounds but if you take that away, both are the same long a sound. Anger - DAYnger. same sound but when it mixes in with the different g it blends with that change

Sorry, but if anyone pronounces anger by pronouncing danger without the "d", it will sound very strange.

I further doubt that 'seemingly' is spelled 'seamingly' :-) - pesta, Oct 22, 2010

Answer 2

Dave said

anger & danger. Two words that demonstrate the inconsistency in the pronounciation of English words. Anger with a hard 'g' and Danger with a soft 'g'. It's partly why I like Spanish.

Quite correct but you also forgot to mention the different sounds of the letter "a" in each word.

there isn't one.. the "a" seamingly sounds different because of the g sounds but if you take that away, both are the same long a sound. Anger - DAYnger. same sound but when it mixes in with the different g it blends with that change. - 0041e19d, Oct 20, 2010

Not true. In IPA the 'a' of 'danger' would be represented by the 'ae' digraph. and the 'a' in 'anger by a Roman alphabet 'a'. - samdie, Oct 20, 2010

Since Eddy is English, it's entirely possible that he mispronounces both words but the fact remains, they are not pronounced the same. - samdie, Oct 20, 2010

Some dialects may pronounce 'a' in anger like 'aim' but mainstream english rhymes 'anger' with 'am' - pesta, Oct 22, 2010

Answer 3

Maybe there are some accents where they say "AYnger". Like Penelope Pitstop in the Whacky Races cartoon.

None of the British accents would say it like that though.

Answer 4

anger & danger

Two words that demonstrate the inconsistency in the pronounciation of English words. Anger with a hard 'g' and Danger with a soft 'g'. It's partly why I like Spanish.

Answer 5

recoger ascoger proteger escoger

slant rhyme: mujer

Answer 6

anger
danger
stranger
stagger
ledger
binger
stringer
dodger
lodger
longer
hunger
bigger
bagger
bugger
flogger
lager
logger