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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I've been saying gif with a soft g for over twenty years. Telling me not to is what makes English worse. As far I'm concerned both pronunciations are valid.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    Telling me not to is what makes English worse.

    In your opinion. "Jiggawatt" is not a common English pronunciation outside of back to the future references at this point. People mostly settled on one over the other because it makes sense to pronounce a word a similar way to be more easily understood. It's not always the case, sure, but I think you'll find multiple pronunciations are the exception, not the rule. That's why you can come up with a good handful of such words, but you'll be using words with single pronunciations to talk about them.

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