The letter G is obviously pronounced like in the word: "gigantic".
this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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Or maybe like in the word "garage"
I'd thought it's pronounced like in the word 'graphic'.
Oh, my "joke" was that there's two G's in gigantic and it's two different sounds.
Reminiscent of the Spielberg dinosaur hit movie "Graphic Park".
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
In English the correct way to pronounce something is the way that will most reliably communicate your intended meaning to your intended audience without unintended ambiguity or distraction.
Since my intention is usually to communicate my superior knowledge of trivia and/or to stir shit up, I pronounce it with a soft g.
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I heard then both say it the right way in my head so there
Piss off everyone: Dutch pronunciation. The G sounds like you're ripping up a newspaper.
Chif...
Hah! Reminds me of the German word Flugzeugträger... if spoken in a cologne accent the three Gs will all be pronounced differently and none of them actually like G.
Fluchzeuschträjer.
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I don't gif a fuck.
I use PNG or MP4 instead.
Is it also soft G in PNG? So it's PNJ?
PNG rhymes with
So is it one representative or the entirety of Papua New Guinea that handles it?
Those images can get large, you need a whole country to till, and rotate the crop.
I think this is how it's pronounced:
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