After “short” vowels in word middles.
badger
bludger
bludging
budgerigar
budget
codger
cudgel
dodgy
edges
edging
edgy
fidget
fledgling
gadget
grudging
ledger
lodger
midget
Mudgee
Murrumbidgee
Pidgin
pledging
podgy
sledging
smidgin
stodgy
wedgie
Wedgwood
widget
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Dear Author,
I’m getting confused if the article is -dge or -dg itself. Since I’m only not in married age, I have no idea. Could you help? I’d really appreciate it.
(especially budget)
Thxx | Moira | Yours From Spelfabet
The words with the spelling dge (rather than just dg) are here: https://www.spelfabet.com.au/spelling-lists/sorted-by-sound/j/dge-as-in-edge/
So -dge is for long-pronounced vowels?
The spellings ‘dge’ and ‘dg’ are used for the sound /j/ after ‘short/checked’ vowels, as in badge, hedge, fridge, lodge, budge, or gadget, edgy, fidget, lodger, budget. After other vowels we typically use ‘ge’ at word endings, or just ‘g’ in word middles. Hope that makes sense. Having a set of consonant spellings that go after ‘short/checked’ vowels and a different set after other vowels allows us to represent 18-20 vowel sounds with just 5 vowel letters, or 6 if you include letter y.