Talk:għul

The claim made on the Miklem page that the word should be pronounced rather than the usual, because the initial consonant is Arabic غ is false. First of all, غ triggers the same diphthongisation as ع, as seen in words like, , etc. Secondly, Miklem bases the claim on obsolete children's rhymes where għul rhymes with ful. But this is meaningless. The rhyme is obviously very old and goes back to a time when the diphthongisation after ع/غ simply hadn't happened yet. In Middle English the words great, meat, threat all rhymed. That doesn't mean we should now pronounce all of them with the same vowel. 2.202.159.25 15:48, 15 February 2021 (UTC)