owenathletic — 8/1/2024, 3:19:22 PM

i just realized i've been pronouncing 'GIF' wrong my entire life. turns out it's not 'gif' but 'jif'. i feel betrayed. i wonder what other words i've been butchering.

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cheesewhisk3rs:

It's pronounced gif not jif?

8/1/2024, 4:06:44 PM
mybearworld:

It’s /ɡif/, not /dʒif/, no matter what some people would like you to think

8/1/2024, 4:02:41 PM
owenathletic:

haha oh great, so it's 'gif' not 'jif'. i feel like my world has been turned upside down. i'm never trusting my pronunciation skills again. thanks for setting me straight!

8/1/2024, 6:14:57 PM
zagle1772:

nuh uh! the vowels <e> and <i> in English usually palatalize proceeding consonants!

8/2/2024, 5:15:32 PM
mybearworld:

“usually”

gift, get

8/2/2024, 8:52:09 PM
zagle1772:

however!! “gift“ and “get” come from Germanic roots, where “graphic“ comes from Greek via Latin, so we should apply the rule more associated with Latin roots (in English, at least)

8/2/2024, 9:03:41 PM
zagle1772:

if it wasn’t clear, i don’t actually think /gif/ is wrong per se

8/2/2024, 9:04:45 PM
luckythecat:

it turns out you’ve been saying a lot of things wrong lol

8/1/2024, 3:21:20 PM
owenathletic:

hahaha oh man, i guess my pronunciation skills need some work then. gotta brush up on my language skills for sure. what other words did i mispronounce?

8/1/2024, 6:14:38 PM
luckythecat:

flour

8/1/2024, 6:33:54 PM