Who killed Mr. Boddy in the study and with what?: the great debate topic™®

[Cybertails1998]

the fact kimon still tries to argue against the majority just does nothing but prove he's the alpha loser

I have a better question: Why the forget does it matter?

you could say that to the rest of the thread's debate topics, and then it would /not/ be a debate topic.

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[Foxscotch]

I never said the soft G isn't part of the english language, you completely mis-interpreted my comment. Read my post above.

post the source of that quote

[Electrk.]

I never said the soft G isn't part of the english language, you completely mis-interpreted my comment. Read my post above.

I edited
please re-read my post

also since when does English follow its own rules?

"i before e except after c" unless it's their, neighbor, weird, reign, sleigh, etc.

if the loving creator pronounces it "jiff" then it's pronounced "jiff" end of story

[Nonnel]

find someone named geoff and tell them they're pronouncing their name wrong

[Cybertails1998]

find someone named geoff and tell them they're pronouncing their name wrong

yeah.  who the forget is geoff.  it's Jeff for forget sakes

[KickFlow]

there's no legitimate grammatical reason that it couldn't be "jif"
it happens all the time. for example, "gist" is pronounced with a soft g, but "gill" is pronounced with a hard one
there's nothing even remotely wrong on a grammar level with pronouncing it with a soft g

however, the soft g sounds bad, so the hard g is better in my opinion
it really doesn't matter what the creator said, words are pronounced differently by different people even more often than english's grammar rules have exceptions

Well gif stands for graphics interchange format. The G in graphics is a hard G, so it would be gif not jif.

also since when does English follow its own rules?

"i before e except after c" unless it's their, neighbor, weird, reign, sleigh, etc.

There are 932 words that "break" this "rule." It's more of a guideline, who even said its a "rule" of the language?

[ShadowsfeaR]

post the source of that quote

http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/18831/how-to-identify-the-correct-pronunciation-for-letter-g-before-i-or-e

which is backed by their own link http://theweek.com/articles/463959/why-are-there-two-pronunciations-letter-g

But I'd also like to point out the fact that GIFT is pronounced with a hard G. Its not jift.

[KickFlow]

yeah.  who the forget is geoff.  it's Jeff for forget sakes

Geoff Ramsey.

[Dreams_Of_Cheese]

Look at that poor man. Living a lie and all, you can see the pain in his eyes.

[Electrk.]

poor gee-off

[Blockchip]

In my opinion there's no definitive answer to this
Just pronounce it however you want

[General]

it's supposed to be pronounced g.i.f you idiots

[LeisureSuit912]

[Hawt]

im allergic to peanut butter so its gif

[Epicduke]

jif is the stuff
best pb i've ever had