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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do you pronounce gin? How do you pronounce giraffe?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Or girl or gill?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That may be a perfectly reasonable argument, but also, YOU'RE WROOONG, GIF WILL NEVER BE JIF

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scuba = Self-Contained Oonderwater Breathing Apparatus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blame english blame english blame english blame english blame english

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I blame the people who put way too much stock in the stupid argument.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i dunno if a lot of people know this but there is a image extension file called JIF

https://fileinfo.com/extension/jif

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even though I pronounce it "jif" too, I am tired of seeing arguments that rely on how other words are pronounced. You are not helping the cause, as these arguments are too easily countered. There are much more convincing arguments to be made, such as how "jif" is more practical since it can't be confused with "gift," and how the creator was making a reference to the word "jiffy."