• cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
      41·
      1 year ago

      Try to pronounce the letter G. What does it sound like? Hard or soft G?

      Now, while pronouncing “G”, close your lips to make the sound “G-if”.

      There you have it, how to pronounce “Gif”.

      Ps: honestly, That just popped up in my head a moment ago and I’m just trying to troll, wholeheartedly I believe it is hard-G as in Graphics.

      • geissi@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Try to pronounce the letter G. What does it sound like? Hard or soft G?

        According to wikipedia the phonetic usage includes:
        [g] [d͡ʒ] [ʒ] [ŋ] [j] [ɣ~ʝ] [x~χ] [d͡z] [ɟ] [k] [ɠ] [ɢ] /dʒiː/

        For English pronunciation it lists:
        /dʒ/ /ɡ/ /ʒ/ and silent

    • Squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Does that mean you also pronounce scuba sku•ba instead of skoo•bah? Because that U stands for Underwater not OOnderwater. And what about Jpeg? Shouldn’t it be Jeg because the P in photographic is silent.

      • AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Or jfeg because photography has an f sound.

        It’s soft g gif. Because the original joke was choosy moms choose jif, and choosy web developers choose gif.