• Lizardking27@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The creator says it’s jif. That’s it. That’s the end of the discussion. You don’t get to decide which is correct. The end.

    You can say gif if you want, you’ll be wrong, but you can say it.

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      1 year ago

      I’ll take hard G gif to my grave (jrave?).

      I don’t care how wrong it is

      The bastards will never grind (jrind?) me down

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      I’d rather be in the majority saying it wrong then the minority saying it right.

      Because at the end of the day the way you pronounce words is a very social thing, and no matter what is technically right or wrong, it’s going to benefit you to say it in the way everyone else does.

      And the majority say it with the hard G.

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        1 year ago

        Is it really the majority, though? This wouldn’t be so divisive an issue if everyone said it the same way

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        1 year ago

        Lmao “I’d rather be wrong like everyone else” is the most spineless, smoothbrained, brainwashy bullshit I’ve ever heard. Get the fuck out of here.

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          1 year ago

          You do you.

          When it comes to language, the majority determine what is the right way to say something. Feel free to be in the minority.

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            1 year ago

            I dont know why you believe thats how language works, its not. Everyone in Texas pronouncing “nuclear” “nukular” instead of “noo-clee-ar” doesn’t make it correct. It still comes from the root word “nucleus”, not “nukulus”. The majority are objectively wrong, and there are no arguments to be made to the contrary.

            If you want to be wrong on purpose, go for it, just stop pretending otherwise. You’re embarrassing yourself and all English speakers.