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There's also a cleaning product named "Jif" in Australia. Saying "Gif" as "jif" seems very redundant - why even have different letters? Though it does seem to

by XorNot 5y ago

There's also a cleaning product named "Jif" in Australia. Saying "Gif" as "jif" seems very redundant - why even have different letters? Though it does seem to be an American thing - we pronounce the H in pretty much all words too, whereas Americans tend to make a lot of "H" sounds silent.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> There's also a cleaning product named "Jif" in Australia And a peanut butter in the US. So what? > Saying "Gif" as "jif" seems very redundant - why even have different letters? English is...rather unconcerned with having an absence of duplication of sounds between letters (“c” and “x” are pretty much completely redundant with other letters, and there are plenty of overlaps on the other letters in represented sounds.)