Re: Phonetic question

"Dan Rempel" wrote ...
> Not an exception, but an observation: I think you're confusing spelling
> and pronunciation. Singer is /sing-er/ (ng = velar nasal);  finger is
> /fing-ger/. Does that make sense?

It may make sense, but that taint the way _I_ hear myself saying it.

It seems to me to be approximately /sin-ger/ /fin-ger/ or /sin-guh/ /fin-guh/
depending on the whim of the moment.  However perceptions are always 
the problem - ideally someone should ambush me with a tape recorder and 
an oscilloscope.  (I suspect I don't sound the same when I _know_ I'm 
being recorded).