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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulthwithian" data-source="post: 4192206" data-attributes="member: 60612">Regarding the 'ng' sound, it is rather soft in English, but even there it's unmistakable.  I hate to suggest this, but maybe you don't know what the phoneme is supposed to sound like?I have always said 'teefleeng', as I have also always said 'halfling' with the 'ng' sound.  To hear it in English well, you rather have to use it in the middle of a word.  A good example is 'hanging'.  You don't say 'han-ging' and you don't say 'han-ing'.  You say 'hang-ing'.  This is how the phoneme is pronounced in English as well as every language that has the distinct phoneme in its phonology.You want something that hurts?  20 years ago, I said 'paladin' with an emphasis on the second syllable (it rhymes with Aladdin in that case).  Go go hamfisted English pronunciation of non-English words!</blockquote>