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ext_8103 ([identity profile] ewx.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ewx 2012-10-15 08:12 am (UTC)

Possibly, but I think a more likely explanation is that it was formerly pronounced in English the same way as it is in Flemish, i.e. with an initial /ɣ/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_fricative), and that when that sound was lost from English, the spelling in English didn’t change to match.

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