OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comimagemessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down1123
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1imageWhen you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIFi.imgur.comOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square192fedilink
minus-squareCronization@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down7·edit-211 months agoCounterpoint: Gift Literally has gif in it and is pronounced with a hard ‘g’.
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down8·edit-211 months agoWe don’t pronounced words by what other words they contain. “Americano” is not “American+o.” “Fare” is not “far+e.” For some reason, the hard G advocates for “gif” seem to make up fake language rules to justify pronouncing it wrong.
Counterpoint: Gift
Literally has gif in it and is pronounced with a hard ‘g’.
We don’t pronounced words by what other words they contain. “Americano” is not “American+o.” “Fare” is not “far+e.”
For some reason, the hard G advocates for “gif” seem to make up fake language rules to justify pronouncing it wrong.