30 Mar
2005
30 Mar
'05
9:56 a.m.
On Mar 30 2005, 14:36, Jules Richardson wrote:
Back on topic, does the correct pronunciation of
kludge contain the
'd',
or is it silent? 98% of people here in the UK seem to
pronounce the
d,
but I've heard a few who don't. Mind you,
'bodge' is an equivalent
and
more commonly heard over here than kludge.
"Bodge" doesn't mean the same thing at all. You're probably thinking
of "botch", which means (v) to screw something up, or (n) something
which is screwed up. "Kludge" means to make something work, but in an
inelegant or clumsy fashion. "Bodge", however, means to adjust or
adapt something carefully to fit, perhaps in a way not originally
intended; "bodgers" were originally people who did the final fitting of
parts to machines and the like.
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