Okay time for another pronunciation poll: Longitude vs. Longitudinal, do you use a hard G (like Gift) or a soft G (like Giraffe)?
Both use hard G
Both use soft G
Longitude hard, Longitudinal soft
Longitude soft, Longitudinal hard
Poll ended at .
@fluffy nuance button: I think I use a soft G for both (Canadian born, British resident) but I also think I kind of interchange with a hard G (though more like the ng that Gubbins mentions elsewhere in thread) at random, probably if I've recently heard it that way and it's stuck in my memory, but it's not my default I don't think?
I might be an outlier because while I spent my first 3 decades a Canadian, I've definitely inadvertently picked up a lilt on a lot of words in the 12-ish years I've lived in England.