zerobackup Yes, I looked it up. "Lasagna" is pronounced with a silent "g". It actually makes perfect sense, weird.
dr_rock Not really. The "g" augments the "n" into that "nya" sound (actually "nyeh" in Italian). It's the the "g" sound English speakers are used to, but it's not silent.
Pope Caius What we're referring to is a diphthong. "Gn" is a diphthong.
Pope Caius Huh, just looked it up. You're right, ignore me. That's what happens when I forgo language classes for two years.
zerobackup Yeah but he wasn't trying to rhyme "diphthong"
MissLadyArtemis Hold up. diph·thong/ˈdifTHäNG/Noun: A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another...
So, how is the gn in lasagna not a diphthong?
Billy the Poet Lil Wayne started out as a terrible rapper, then did nothing for years but drink narcotic cough syrup and smoke powerful hydroponic marijuana. Somehow this made him a fairly good rapper. It's some variation on the Devil at the crossroads thing.
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