Do YOU pronounce Sigil with a hard or soft G?

[Segev]

Food for thought.

https://youtu.be/nhOhZ5HSd54?t=220

Interesting.

I have to admit, Max, I'm curious to hear you pronouce "Sigh." Both normally, and with the prolonged "i" in the middle. When I do it, there's a distinct point where I shift from "ah" to "ee."

[Caelestion]

Say, what? Where do you say "ah" in sigh?

[Tanarii]

Say, what? Where do you say "ah" in sigh?

I imagine he's hearing something like Sah-ee
I'd guess the alternative would be s-eye
Unless those are the same to some folks?

[SunsetWaraxe]

Definitely a HARD G :)

[Xuc Xac]

I imagine he's hearing something like Sah-ee
I'd guess the alternative would be s-eye
Unless those are the same to some folks?

"Sigh" is /sa͜ɪ/ and "Eye" is /a͜ɪ/. The vowels run together to make a diphthong.

"Samurai" the way English speakers say it is /sæməra͜ɪ/ with that same diphthong, but the Japanese say /samurai/ with the /a/ and /i/ as separate monophthongs (which is why they chose to write it "ai" when romanizing it instead of something like "ī").

[Segev]

I imagine he's hearing something like Sah-ee
I'd guess the alternative would be s-eye
Unless those are the same to some folks?

"Sigh" is /sa͜ɪ/ and "Eye" is /a͜ɪ/. The vowels run together to make a diphthong.

"Samurai" the way English speakers say it is /sæməra͜ɪ/ with that same diphthong, but the Japanese say /samurai/ with the /a/ and /i/ as separate monophthongs (which is why they chose to write it "ai" when romanizing it instead of something like "ī").

Yeah, in reference to my saying "Sah ee" is how I pronounce "sigh," I was specifically referring to when I draw out the vowel sound. "Siiiiiiiiiiigh." The way that's written looks like one sound all the way through, but what actually happens when I say it is "sahhhhhh-eeeeee." Though the slur between "ah" and "ee" is very pronounced, so it's not a sudden transition. But despite that, there's still a distinct time of "ah," of "ee" and of transition between the two, rather than it all being one sound.