the soft G

close up of the Turkish 'soft' G letter on my keyboard. it reminds me of a number of things. 1. all the hours I put into learning Turkish, 2. globalisation (this is a Turkish apple keyboard), 3. the importance of saying thank you (the easiest way to say thank you in Turkish is 'sagol', and 4. the importance knowing when to keep silent - the soft G is never pronounced in Turkish...