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How do y'all say GIF? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] MiikCheque@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

how do you pronounce God, goo, grey, great, good, gun, gumption, goofy

plus jif is peanut butter

[–] Pinklink@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago (4 children)

While I agree with you on how it should be pronounced, not a good argument. Giraffe.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Gift without the t, I always say

[–] dokapuff@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That falls apart when you have all the words like bit and bite, made and mad, same and sam.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. If the letter your adding is E, it will change the promounciation of the vowel. That's the function of the E. Adding a consonant like t doesn't change the vowel sound (eg. How you would pronounce something like "sif" vs "sift" - no change in the vowel.

[–] dokapuff@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lasagna

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

Fahrvergnügen

[–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would accept gife (rhymes with life) with hard G before I accept jif.

[–] dokapuff@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Then go fight the dictionary, both pronunciations are in there

[–] jeremyparker@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

Gift is closer to gif than giraffe....

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

Geordie Laforge thumbs up

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 points 9 months ago

Gin Gist Giraffe Gino Gif Gimp Git Gift

English is crazy so do what you want.

[–] CalamityBalls@kbin.social 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Giant, geode, gel, george, gerbil. Just sayin'.

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 9 points 9 months ago

*Gust sayin'.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And McAfee!

Sorry, I meant giraffe.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I am underappreciated in my time.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

I agree with you but I have a simpler argument, which is the mere fact that this exists: https://fileinfo.com/extension/jif

[–] femboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 9 months ago

u choose all these unrelated words when theres GIFt

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 9 months ago

Also, if jizz is not spelled as gizz, so why would jif spelled as gif?

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

SCUBA

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I’m seeing vowel consonant vowel, that’s a long U in the new word regardless to what it stands for in the acronym.