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[โ€“] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago (27 children)

If it were supposed to be pronounced "jif" it would have been spelled that way.

[โ€“] derekabutton@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (18 children)

So how do you pronounce giraffe?

[โ€“] lechatron 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, but "GIF" is not etymologically Germanic. ๐Ÿ˜‰

[โ€“] derekabutton@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

With the other pronunciation. Some letters have more than one. Your statement is nonsense lol

[โ€“] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

How do you pronounce ghoti?

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