Are we talking about graphics or giraffes here. Giraffe is obviously the exception to the rule here sinse g makes /g/ and not /j/. I don't actually know what gif stands for, but if the g stands for graphics then the answer is pretty clear is it not? Furthermore fuck English for having an exception to literally every rule there is.
It doesn't matter what Giraffe is pronounced as, it is an ACRONYM so we are basing the pronunciation on the first word in the ACRONYM. Graphics. Not Jraphics.
Then you could argue General should be spelled with a J, and the second "e" is generally silent.
English is complex, and the reasons behind why a human reads a word and says something differently can also be attributed colloquially.
I mean, even Shakespeare pronounced Love differently than we do now -hence why some of his poetry doesn't rhyme in modern
Tongue- because of the time in English language that even hard 'R's and 'e's were being pronounced.
But anyway, bollocks to it all.
It's "Giff" to me and always will be.
You could argue that yes, you could argue anything. But I'm not arguing about how General is pronounced I',m arguing about how Graphics is. But there is no point to argue when we are both on the same side, also that was a fun fact about Shakespeare I didn't know that thank you.
That's a fair point.
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I found that out about Shakespeare only very recently.
I have ADD, so I like to share knowledge before I forget it. Especially when I'm on social sites like this, I can bookmark it and come back to it.
I cannot dream tonight
This sick strange darkness
Comes creeping on so haunting every time
English is complex, and the reasons behind why a human reads a word and says something differently can also be attributed colloquially.
I mean, even Shakespeare pronounced Love differently than we do now -hence why some of his poetry doesn't rhyme in modern
Tongue- because of the time in English language that even hard 'R's and 'e's were being pronounced.
But anyway, bollocks to it all.
It's "Giff" to me and always will be.
.
I found that out about Shakespeare only very recently.
I have ADD, so I like to share knowledge before I forget it. Especially when I'm on social sites like this, I can bookmark it and come back to it.