I would understand if it was created in another language, and it was a translation issue.
But it's not. The guy is just ignoring grammar because he finds it funny.
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Who gives a fuck about grammar in a name we have shit that's spelled with k like Kool Aid and Kombat or shit with z instead of s but all the grammar nazis disregard the name the inventor gave his creation because they can't handle it
I hate the misuse of grammar in the names of the other things just as much. The Kool Aid and Kombat I can ignore because at least it's pronounced the right way. The z-instead-of-s I hate with a passion.
A few years ago, when those things were made, there weren't as many problems with grammar, so those few ones could be looked over. But it has escalated too far and now there is an entire generation that believes grammar is unimportant. And can't string together coherent conversation because they use no punctuation or correct pronunciation.
"Tiny brains" yeah good to see how the "big brain" guy here resorts to petty, shallow insults instead of debating and presenting actual ideas.
See the thing is, the guy who invented the format is a programmer, not a linguist. He has no authority whatsoever in dictating how it's pronounced, that's something that should be left to the linguists. And linguistically, whenever there's a word with a G, then a vowel and then an F, the G is hard. For example gaffe, gift, guff. Gift is the closest in terms of pronunciation, and it is pronounced with a hard G. As to what concerns words that have a G-vowel-other consonant besides F and are pronounced with a soft G (like gym, geography, gem), a lot of them (if not all) are of foreign origin (oftentimes Latin), so they don't follow English pronunciation rules.
That's my reasoning anyway. Now do you have a counterargument or are you just going to call me a tiny brain or some other buzzword that makes you feel better about yourself?
I like saying it with a hard g, just because I like to, but the proper way to say it would be like "jif". But y'know you can do it however you want, you do you
Proper linguistics say a hard G.
But it's not. The guy is just ignoring grammar because he finds it funny.
A few years ago, when those things were made, there weren't as many problems with grammar, so those few ones could be looked over. But it has escalated too far and now there is an entire generation that believes grammar is unimportant. And can't string together coherent conversation because they use no punctuation or correct pronunciation.
See the thing is, the guy who invented the format is a programmer, not a linguist. He has no authority whatsoever in dictating how it's pronounced, that's something that should be left to the linguists. And linguistically, whenever there's a word with a G, then a vowel and then an F, the G is hard. For example gaffe, gift, guff. Gift is the closest in terms of pronunciation, and it is pronounced with a hard G. As to what concerns words that have a G-vowel-other consonant besides F and are pronounced with a soft G (like gym, geography, gem), a lot of them (if not all) are of foreign origin (oftentimes Latin), so they don't follow English pronunciation rules.
That's my reasoning anyway. Now do you have a counterargument or are you just going to call me a tiny brain or some other buzzword that makes you feel better about yourself?
And Ew. No.