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| ShadowsfeaR:
--- Quote from: Kimon² on March 27, 2015, 01:30:00 PM ---fun fact everybody who pronounces it gif had a role in killing tupac shakurwhere does it say that there is a set way to pronounce acronyms anywhere? the closest thing to a correct pronunciation is to spell out the letters or, you guessed it, listen to what the creator named it. im tired of this flimsy ass "it's grammatically incorrect hurr" argument im gonna knock you guys the forget out --- End quote --- --- Quote ---The hard g /g/ is the most common pronunciation. It comes: before a consonant (great) before a back vowel (go, garden, get) before a front vowel in most words of Germanic origin (girl, gift,...) at the end of a word (frog) The soft g /ʒ/ It is extremely rare at the beginning of a syllable. The only words I can think of at the moment are genre [ʒɒnrə]. bourgeois [ˈbʊəʒwɑː] which are both loan words from French that have kept the French sound /ʒ/. /ʒ/ is a little more common at the end of a word, but there again we only find it in loan words from French (rouge, garage) --- End quote --- |
| Electrk.:
--- Quote from: ShadowsfeaR on March 27, 2015, 01:27:09 PM ---Just because you wanted it to be a pun doesn't mean you can ignore the grammar rules of english. --- End quote --- then I guess George is pronounced with a hard G sound also since when does English follow its own rules? "i before e except after c" unless it's their, neighbor, weird, reign, sleigh, etc. |
| ShadowsfeaR:
--- Quote from: Electrk. on March 27, 2015, 01:38:49 PM ---then I guess George is pronounced with a soft G sound --- End quote --- I never said the soft G isn't part of the english language, you completely mis-interpreted my comment. Read my post above. |
| Blocky943:
I have a better question: Why the forget does it matter? |
| Dreams_Of_Cheese:
--- Quote from: Blocky943 on March 27, 2015, 01:39:47 PM ---I have a better question: Why the forget does it matter? --- End quote --- I see you entered the gr8 D-b8 topic ill prepared. |
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