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50 124. g has the sound of English g in “give”, “go”; Ex. : gaa to go, gli(de) to slide, Gnier miser, grave to dig, jage to hunt, Norge Norway, Dag day, Sprog (åg) language, Tog (åg) train, Svœlg gullet, Sorg grief, Helg holidays, Elg elk, Talg tallow.

1. In some of these words, after l and r, g is sometimes pronounced as j, but this pronunciation is considered vulgar.

2. For g as the sign of k see § 122 note; for the pronunciation varying between g and k see § 122 note; for g and gj being signs of j see § 120, 2 and 3; gid would, o that, gide to prevail upon one's self to, are pronounced with g before i.

For g representing i as second part of diphthongs see §§ 94 and 96. For g representing the sound of sj in foreign words see § 113.

3. g sometimes before n represents the sound of ng: Agn pron. angn, bait, Magnus pron. Mangnus or Magnus, Vogn pron. vongn. So also in the western and northern part of Norway in Egn, Lögn etc. (see § 94 and 96).

125. g is written but not pronounced:

1) in adjectives and adverbs ending in in—ig (lig) : storagti(g) haughty, fœrdi(g) ready, aldri(g) never: also when the plural ending e is added g remains mute; Ex. : mœrkeli(g)e Ting strange things; and if the neutral ending t is added that also is mute: Huse(t) er fœrdi(gt) the house is ready.

2) after the diphthongs ei and au: sei(g) tough, Dei(g) dough, Bau(g) bow.

3) in the word o(g) and, and in some compounds of Daggodda(g) good day (how do you do), Manda(g) Monday, Tirsda(g) Tuesday etc.; sometimes in Ru(g) (or rugg).

4) after a long vowel before l: Fu(g)l bird, Ku(g)le ball, Pry(g)l thrashing (but g always pronounced before l after a short vowel: Ex. : Hagl hail).

5) sometimes after l and r before an unstressed vowel: