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How do y'all say GIF? (lemmy.ml)
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[-] MiikCheque@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

plus jif is peanut butter

[-] Pinklink@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago

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

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 16 points 11 months ago

Gift without the t, I always say

[-] dokapuff@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

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

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

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 11 months ago

Lasagna

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

Fahrvergnügen

[-] clearleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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

[-] dokapuff@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Then go fight the dictionary, both pronunciations are in there

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago

Geordie Laforge thumbs up

[-] jeremyparker@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Gift is closer to gif than giraffe....

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 points 11 months ago

Gin Gist Giraffe Gino Gif Gimp Git Gift

English is crazy so do what you want.

[-] CalamityBalls@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[-] kambusha@feddit.ch 11 points 11 months ago

*Gust sayin'.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

same as Graphical.

[-] AEsheron@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

My favorite is the gif of the skubbah diver with a lassear beam on their frickin head.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

correct.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

And McAfee!

Sorry, I meant giraffe.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I am underappreciated in my time.

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 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

[-] zammy95@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

WOAH. Didn't know about this. Maybe I can finally convince my mom... doubt.

[-] femboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

u choose all these unrelated words when theres GIFt

[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

SCUBA

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 11 months ago

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

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