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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
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[โ€“] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By that logic, "scuba" should be pronounced scuh-ba, and "laser" should be pronounced lah-seer.

Also "jee" is also how you say the letter "G".

Gin, Germany, giraffe, gypsy, gib, giblet. Raising examples of words that start with hard and soft Gs is absolutely pointless when both exist and are equally valid.

Why are people arguing about how an acronym is pronounced in the English language anyways? Who gives a shit? When you point out a "rule" in English, there will always be exceptions, many exceptions, to that rule. Even English doesn't even agree with English: "entree" means appetizer in Europe but main course in the US.

So why do you care so much?

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

So why do you care so much?

Because it's always fun to poke fun at how chaotic, anarchic and directionless the english language is. Besides, some of its rules feel more like suggestions