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| KickFlow:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on March 27, 2015, 01:37:42 PM ---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 --- End quote --- Well gif stands for graphics interchange format. The G in graphics is a hard G, so it would be gif not jif. --- Quote from: Electrk. on March 27, 2015, 01:38:49 PM ---also since when does English follow its own rules? "i before e except after c" unless it's their, neighbor, weird, reign, sleigh, etc. --- End quote --- There are 932 words that "break" this "rule." It's more of a guideline, who even said its a "rule" of the language? |
| ShadowsfeaR:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on March 27, 2015, 01:42:09 PM ---post the source of that quote --- End 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:
--- Quote from: Cybertails1998 on March 27, 2015, 01:44:17 PM ---yeah. who the forget is geoff. it's Jeff for forget sakes --- End quote --- 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 |
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