G-sound in ''finger''

<<Back to the thred's topic... re /g/ in finger, here's what I studied in my English class.

When the suffix -er follows a verb to form a "doer" of the action, /g/ is not added even in the medial position.
e.g. singer, swinger, stinger etc

In all other cases, /g/ is added after /N/ when it's followed by a vowel, including when the comparative suffix -er follows an adjective.
e.g. finger, younger, linger etc

Does this rule stay true for most of you guys who pronounces "singer" and "finger" differently? (besides differences in the initial consonant, of course!)>>

Yeah, that rule seems to hold true for my speech. In my dialect,

singer - ["sIN@`]
swinger - ["swIN@`]
stinger - ["stIN@`]

finger - ["fINg@`]
younger - ["jVNg@`]
linger - ["lINg@`]

Lazar, your rule seems to hold for me, too. Interesting.

Remember, the G in "singer" can be pronounced two ways.

There's "singer" - someone who sings - and "singer" - someone who singes something.

>> Remember, the G in "singer" can be pronounced two ways.

There's "singer" - someone who sings - and "singer" - someone who singes something. <<

huh? I don't quite follow. I always say [sIN@`] and never [sINg@`].

Singer - someone who sings.

Singer - the person who caused something to be singed.

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<<Yeah, that rule seems to hold true for my speech. In my dialect,

singer - ["sIN@`]
swinger - ["swIN@`]
stinger - ["stIN@`]

finger - ["fINg@`]
younger - ["jVNg@`]
linger - ["lINg@`]>>

What about "wronger" though. I pronounce in /rAN@`/ never */rANg@`/. It personally sounds odd to me to rhyme that word with "longer".