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Thread #172238   Message #4170274
Posted By: leeneia
18-Apr-23 - 01:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: words that are hard to spell
Subject: RE: BS: words that are hard to spell
Good point, Mrrzy. soft j - leisure, as you say. Also measure, treasure, pleasure, azure. I suppose these all have the same origin, probably French.

I think of them as zh sounds rather than soft j, but same difference.