Or like “gin” with an f?
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mookulator@lemmy.world 11 months agoI know he says it’s pronounced “jif”, but I just don’t care. It’s like “gift” without the t
SimplyATable@lemmy.world 11 months ago
ericisshort@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ginf? That’s a new one.
late_night@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
No, you’re supposed to replace the letter, not add it, so “fin”
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
gfn
SimplyATable@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh come on, you know what I mean
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Never. No.
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s more like giant or gin or giraffe.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
No, it’s more like give or get or girl.
zefiax@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Get is not even gi
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Let’s be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. “Women” is pronounced with an “i” for christ sake
tryptaminev@feddit.de 11 months ago
Because the a in woman is pronounced the same way the e in women is pronounced…
Probably that was originally introduced by some medieval swinger society, so they could say that they are faithful to their women and technically not be lying about it. When the church figured out they introduced the o as an i thing.
Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 11 months ago
woman = wum-en
women = wim-in
Yeah I’m gonna have to disagree with you there, chief.
tryptaminev@feddit.de 11 months ago
i always eas taught the plural to be pronounced as “wi-men” I also cannot remember any english TV show or so to talk about wimin, so where the second ibis explicit as an i and distinguishable from an e