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[–] dreadedsemi@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

The author calls it JIF. He intended it as Jif because he has butter fingers and like butter brand JIF.

I'm used to hard G though.

[–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And British people made English, but they don't say anything right either.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Little ironic.... but ok.

[–] Butters@lemmywinks.com 2 points 1 year ago

But the food is delicious.

[–] mookulator@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I know he says it’s pronounced “jif”, but I just don’t care. It’s like “gift” without the t

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. "Women" is pronounced with an "i" for christ sake

[–] SimplyATable@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] late_night@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you're supposed to replace the letter, not add it, so "fin"

[–] SimplyATable@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh come on, you know what I mean

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago
[–] Raiden11X@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Say the word "though" in your head. Then add a "t" to it. Would you really argue that "though" and "thought" are pronounced the same simply because they're the same spelling save for a final "t"?

The easiest "rule" is that the creator can decide how to pronounce and spell it lol. Taking English rules that don't even apply 100% of the time to its own words and trying to hold made-up words to the same standards just sounds silly to me haha

[–] penguin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

There are no rules to how new words come into being or how old ones change.

If everyone says a word a certain way with certain meaning, then that's what it is. One person doesn't get to decide.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could easily be ‘thof’.

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's more like giant or gin or giraffe.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's more like give or get or girl.

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Get is not even gi

[–] nothing@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, I always read it as "Jif" then came the correctness police of Reddit and I was bullied into "Gif" by guilt.

And now some 8-40 years later, I feel anything but "Gif" is wrong. Help!

[–] Dee@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Help!

Absolutely not, I don't say this often but those bullies did the right thing.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you pronunce it guilt or juilt? Okay bad question

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How do you pronounce giraffe? or giant? or gin?

[–] Ryctre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I thought it was at least jood.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good thing word coiners don't get full control over word usage.

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They do though when they are right.

[–] jscummy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Can you really just drop a hard G like that though? Thought that was only okay for them to say

[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, but he waited 26 years to tell everyone how it's pronounced... at this point you can go with the majority, or stick with however you want to pronounce it.

[–] Tater291@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

He didn't intend shit. He just wanted to watch the world burn!

[–] penguin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He made the format, not English.

[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya and in English, we pronounce things like giant, giraffe, gin, etc. with a "j" sound.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody made english, nor is a language static. It is an everchanging result of millions of people using and evolving it.

A language that doesn't change is dead, like latin is. So any rule of how something is supposed to be in a language is subject to time and place, but never absolute.

[–] penguin@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 year ago

That's my point. If everyone pronounces a word a certain way, THAT is its correct pronunciation. The first person to say a thing doesn't get to tell everyone else they're wrong.

Everyone started using the word "literally" to mean figuratively, so the official definition changed to mean either or.

Everyone says GIF similar to gift, then that's the proper pronunciation. Creator has no say.