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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The founders are long dead and nobody alive has ever heard them say the name. That's how language changes from one into another over time. That's how we got all the thousands of unique languages on Earth.

First, it's an accent. Then over time, it becomes heavier and heavier until it eventually becomes a brand new language. Words may even be borrowed and used from other languages and changed as well.