# Words that sound strange to you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-strange-to-you/722363>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 12, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-strange-to-you/722363 "2015-06-12T16:09:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-sound-strange-to-you/722363/21 "2015-06-16T19:43:36Z")

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> [@the\_diego](#):
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> French-style words that have g before n like insignia, sphygnomanometer, signet, eggnog.

JUst making sure I understood correctly: your problem is with words which happen to include the letter pair gn, but where it’s not the French digraph?

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