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Do you also pronounce gun as jun? How about girl as jirl? Giraffe as jiraffe? Frankly, I reserve my right to not care and have fun with language -- instead o
by throwaway2331 5y ago
Do you also pronounce gun as jun?
How about girl as jirl?
Giraffe as jiraffe?
Frankly, I reserve my right to not care and have fun with language -- instead of being a curmudgeon (there's no point except to feel better about oneself).
- rat9988 5y agoThe author has been clear it shouls be pronounced as J. > Giraffe as jiraffe? ??
- rcdemski 5y agoI prefer to pronounce it Jithub
- throwaway2331 5y agoYou're a real gerk.
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoYavascript. Heera.
- croisillon 5y agoI believe Giraffe is pronounced Jiraffe?
- dalmo3 5y agoI think that's the point GP was making i.e. it's not an absolute.
- mattnewton 5y ago
- tempodox 5y agoWhile your questions are logical, they assume consistency. However, English pronunciation is inconsistent as hell. Not that I disagree with you.
- Zandikar 5y agoBest example for these juxtapositions is asking them how they pronounce "Gift" vs "Gif".
- moonchild 5y agogin?
- lisper 5y agoAgain?
- DanHulton 5y agoOnly slightly related, but I just came across this excellent insult the other day: "Spoken with the confidence of a man who's been spelling 'giraffe' as 'diraffe' for the last 20 years."