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How do y'all say GIF? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] jeremyparker@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that supposed to be an argument? That there are two ways to pronounce the letter g? I was actually already aware of that - even before I'd ever heard of gifs.

[โ€“] UnexampledSalt@lemmy.ko4abp.com 1 points 1 year ago

The argument is that words starting with g followed by i are most often soft g.