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How do y'all say GIF? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.com -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Its actually a rule of the English language that g followed by i is a soft g.

[–] WigglyTortoise@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give? Gift? Gills? Girl? Giddy?

[–] UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.com 1 points 1 year ago

Every rule in English has exceptions, but when we make a new word should it follow the rule, or be an exception?

[–] jeremyparker@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except in gift which is the linguistically closest word to gif

Also, don't misunderstand English: as the hybrid of two very different language sources (Germanic and Latin - among many others since), there are basically no rules that don't have exceptions.

[–] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

gift which is the linguistically closest word to gif

gin

[–] jeremyparker@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Gin is closer to gif than gift?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like giraffe, gist, and magic