It's probably because you're saying 'figure' wrong in the first place.
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	Fig-yur.
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	'Fig-erh'.
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	That's not how it's pronounced.
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	He's likely English. "Figure" is said like "figger" in British English...
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	I'm not English, I'm Australian. As I always say, the British made the language, but we perfected it.
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	Niger? as in the african country?
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	Niger isn't pronounced Nige-yur
 
										 
					 
					 
		    