A gentle introduction to phonetics and the IPA is let down by poor argument. MAGA (rhymes with dagger or lager?) would never be pronounced with a soft G becaus

A gentle introduction to phonetics and the IPA is let down by poor argument. MAGA (rhymes with dagger or lager?) would never be pronounced with a soft G because 'ga' is only soft in such anachronisms as 'gaol' (modern spelling jail). And it is hardly prescriptivist for the programmer that coined a term to define its pronunciation. Opposition to the soft pronunciation is, at least in my country, because 'Jif' TM is a household cleaning product, so I'll continue to pronounce it wrongly for that reason!