Or like “gin” with an f?
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mookulator@lemmy.world 1 year agoI know he says it’s pronounced “jif”, but I just don’t care. It’s like “gift” without the t
SimplyATable@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ginf? That’s a new one.
late_night@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
No, you’re supposed to replace the letter, not add it, so “fin”
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year ago
gfn
SimplyATable@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh come on, you know what I mean
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Never. No.
zefiax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s more like giant or gin or giraffe.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
No, it’s more like give or get or girl.
zefiax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Get is not even gi
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
woman = wum-en
women = wim-in
Yeah I’m gonna have to disagree with you there, chief.
tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 year 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