looking forward to the comments

Flickertail@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 1376 points –
312

You are viewing a single comment

Ya and in English, we pronounce things like giant, giraffe, gin, etc. with a "j" sound.

Find me a closer English word than "Gift" that uses a J sound for the G

English doesn't work that way. Man is the closest work to woman. Doesn't mean you pronounce the "m" "a" "n" in the two words the same way.

English works like all languages. It's organic and full of exceptions. New words pop up, old ones die, pronunciations change and differ between similar words.

Most people chose to say gif like gift. One person doesn't get to change it just because of who they are. Otherwise celebrities can start changing things.

This is all like the Mean Girls scene where the girl was trying to make "fetch" happen and the other girl shot her down.