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This morning as I walked into the coffee room at work, the tv was on and a local news show was interviewing some kids who will compete in a championship spelling bee this weekend. The hosts asked one girl “what was the hardest word you’ve ever spelt?”

After thinking about it a moment, she answered “gimcrack.”

I recognized the word (and knew how to spell it), but I’d never realized until that moment that it’s pronounced with a soft g.