Two small ceramic bells, one angular and red, the other rounded and mint green, on a teal background.

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Ling

You said Ling hard L, hard G. It's Ling soft L, soft G.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a correction about pronunciation, and it plays on how a name is spelled versus how it sounds. The speaker insists the name begins and ends with soft sounds, not the hard ones the listener used, and is fussy about getting it right.

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