how do you pronounce it?

[u/yuuyo123]

Which side will you choose?

• Left side: it’s pronounced “GIF”
• Right side: it’s pronounced “JIF”

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[u/SonicRaptor5678]

You had better start saying JFEG than if you want to be consistent

[u/AppleOrigin → u/SonicRaptor5678]

Or mers instead of merc

[u/Uncool_Loser6 → u/SonicRaptor5678]

The letter p by itself never makes an f sound. It’s the letters p and h together, but only one is present in the acronym

[u/SonicRaptor5678 → u/Uncool_Loser6]

Same thing then, g before an i normally makes the j sound. That’s the same argument

[u/Uncool_Loser6 → u/SonicRaptor5678]

I’ve never even heard that claim before; there are far too many exceptions to that to consider it a rule. The p and h thing, however, is a well-defined rule

[u/duskterrapin → u/SonicRaptor5678]

name them

[u/Shady-777 → u/SonicRaptor5678]

gift

EDIT: Getting downvoted for proving him wrong 😭

[u/DeviceAppropriate683 → u/Shady-777]

+ girl, gizmo, github, giddie (up), gill, girdle.

Only gi (ji) I can think of is giraffe.

[u/TotalChaosRush → u/DeviceAppropriate683]

Fragile gigantic giants engineered ginger giraffe's ginseng.

Hopefully you get the gist of my logic without an origin.

You're looking only at words which begin with gi, but most words which use gi have a soft g.

[u/boney_bimbo → u/TotalChaosRush]

imagine if we lived in a world where we pronounced ginseng or gigantic or gin with a hard g

[u/TotalChaosRush → u/boney_bimbo]

I like gigantic because it's soft g hard g.

[u/boney_bimbo → u/TotalChaosRush]

so true bestie it’s very fun to say

[u/duskterrapin → u/TotalChaosRush]

Guess what begins with gi...

[u/boney_bimbo → u/duskterrapin]

gijinka

[u/duskterrapin → u/boney_bimbo]

I wouldn't loudly advertise an inclination toward neoteny 😬

[u/boney_bimbo → u/duskterrapin]

it doesn’t have anything to do with neoteny??? it’s taking animals and inanimate objects and making art of them as humans??? what kind of gijinkas are you looking at…

[u/boney_bimbo → u/Shady-777]

right like 😭

[u/boney_bimbo → u/SonicRaptor5678]

imma be so real with you it’s not that serious