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		willyt on May 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Millions snap up new Germany-wide public transit t... But now Italian newsagents don’t get to laugh at us pronouncing the ‘g’ in biglietti. Makes me feel a bit nostalgic/sad for some reason.

akavi on May 1, 2023 [–]

The "g" is pronounced (in a sense). In Italian, the digraph "gl" represents a single sound /ʎ/, which is distinct from the sound represented by "l" alone (/l/)

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