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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)
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[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Everyone in the comments pointing out inconsistencies in the English language, but there's lots of people who speak other languages, that do very interesting things to such consonants.

Can we get some input from the likes of the Danish and the Dutch regarding how to read this?