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[Facts] Rigel
Is the name Rigel pronounced with a hard G, or with a soft one (to rhyme with Nigel)?
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I've only ever heard it rhymed with Nigel! And that is the first, and therefore preferred, pronunciation given by Collins dictionary, though it does provide the hard-G version as its second choice.
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Also agreeI know a Rigel, and he pronounces it to rhyme with Nigel.
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Agree. And it was pronunced that way in Farscapebut then again, that's a sci-fi television program. :-D
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