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How do y'all say GIF? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] MiikCheque@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

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

plus jif is peanut butter

[–] Pinklink@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gift without the t, I always say

[–] dokapuff@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

Lasagna

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Fahrvergnügen

[–] clearleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] dokapuff@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Then go fight the dictionary, both pronunciations are in there

[–] jeremyparker@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Gift is closer to gif than giraffe....

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Geordie Laforge thumbs up

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 1 points 2 years ago

Gin Gist Giraffe Gino Gif Gimp Git Gift

English is crazy so do what you want.

[–] CalamityBalls@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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

[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 11 points 2 years ago

*Gust sayin'.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

same as Graphical.

[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And McAfee!

Sorry, I meant giraffe.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I am underappreciated in my time.

[–] femboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

u choose all these unrelated words when theres GIFt

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

SCUBA

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

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