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
39.1%
Both use soft G
55.2%
Longitude hard, Longitudinal soft
2.8%
Longitude soft, Longitudinal hard
2.8%
Poll ended at .
@fluffy Not sure if it counts as a hard G (that's what I voted, because it seemed closest), but because of the "ng" I usually pronounce it more like longboat - long-itude, rather than lon-gitude.
@ambimist Yeah that’s a hard G
@fluffy @ambimist Next poll, let’s distinguish /ˈlɒŋɡɪˌtjuːd/ and /ˈlɒŋɪˌtjuːd/, because I think there’s a few of the latter.