The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square289linkfedilinkarrow-up1905arrow-down111
arrow-up1894arrow-down1imageMy hot take on the official pronunciation of GNOMEmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square289linkfedilink
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-21 day agoGi gives the g a j sound. Like gist, gibberish, giraffe, giant do at least that one is easy to pick up on.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-215 hours agoYou will also note that the pronunciation of gif is debated despite me saying it’s easy to pick up on.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 hours agoI love how you state that as a fact as if words like give, gift, gill, gibbon, giddy, etc don’t exist. please tell me you call it JIT-HUB.
minus-squareserendepity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoIt was a tongue-in-cheek response. The English alphabet doesn’t convey pronunciation.
Gi gives the g a j sound. Like gist, gibberish, giraffe, giant do at least that one is easy to pick up on.
Gift
You will also note that the pronunciation of gif is debated despite me saying it’s easy to pick up on.
I love how you state that as a fact as if words like give, gift, gill, gibbon, giddy, etc don’t exist.
please tell me you call it JIT-HUB.
I do now.
Hi Jinny
It was a tongue-in-cheek response. The English alphabet doesn’t convey pronunciation.