aphnorwegian: mxcleod: egalitarianqueen: kibosh-josh-mahgosh: egalitarianqueen: rougaroucojones: rad
aphnorwegian:mxcleod:egalitarianqueen:kibosh-josh-mahgosh:egalitarianqueen:rougaroucojones:radarmatt:rougaroucojones:karolinedianne:spangledshieldsandsilverwings:Gif stands for Graphics Interchange Format. when graphics is pronounced “JAFFICKS” Then I will pronounce Gif with a “J”^ ThisIt’s followed by an R of course it would be a hard g. But Giraffe is a soft g. Genius is a soft g. Gin is pronounced with a soft g too. GIF is I following a g, it would be pronounced with a soft g.It aint Jif peanut butter though.It would still be pronounced like that. The general rule is if the g is followed by an e or i, it’s soft g. U or a consonant is generally a hard g.I will DIE WITH MY HONORGear =/= JearGet =/= JetGift =/= JiftGive =/= JiveIn English, words with a ‘G’ followed by an ‘e’ or an ‘i’ can be pronounced with either a hard ‘G’ or a soft ‘G’.Words with Germanic roots such as ‘gear’, ‘get’, ‘gift’, ‘give’ (see above) are pronounced with a hard ‘g’ while words with Latin or Greek roots such as ‘gem’, ‘general’, ‘giraffe’, ‘giant’, are pronounced with a soft ‘g’.So no, it’s not exactly a “general rule” that ‘g’ followed by an ‘e’ or an ‘i’ makes a soft ‘g’ sound. Additionally, “GIF” is an ACRONYM starting with a word that begins with a hard ‘g’ sound, so “GIF” is therefore pronounced with a hard ‘g’.We fight with honor -- source link