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While it broke the previous pattern, the reasoning is solid, and he's the guy who confirmed it's actually a planet (when it was first discovered, meant thought it might just be a comet or something like that), so I'm cool with letting him name it how he pleases.
But regardless of what the creator says, hard G on "gif". Sorry man, closest analogue is "gift", and my brain is going to want to pronounce a 'word' that starts with the same 3 letters, the same way.
The reasoning is solid, sure, but why is it derived from Greek instead of the Roman name Caelus?
'He preferred that' is all the reason there needs to be, I guess, lol.
I used to say G.I.F. before I heard people calling it gif.
Also, I don't have enough people I need to talk to about it, using sound, so it's mostly just in writing.