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Funny GIFs Thread 4: Choosy Mothers Choose GIF....

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all ball there. a clean challenge
 
Never mind.
 
And what would you like with your gin? I'll have it for you in a giffy.
 
And what would you like with your gin? I'll have it for you in a giffy.

He's not saying that no words use that sound of G, he is saying that if we're going to arbitrarily decide that a word based on "graphics" needs that G, then why not change every other use to that G.
 
He's not saying that no words use that sound of G, he is saying that if we're going to arbitrarily decide that a word based on "graphics" needs that G, then why not change every other use to that G.

Except the creator said he was echoing the peanut butter brand in his choice of acronym. And you can't do the "pronounce it like it's spelled" because there are lexical minimal pairs that support dʒ not being an incorrect interpretation.
 
Except the creator said he was echoing the peanut butter brand in his choice of acronym. And you can't do the "pronounce it like it's spelled" because there are lexical minimal pairs that support dʒ not being an incorrect interpretation.

And that's just evidence that the creator of a word doesn't always get to dictate how a word is pronounced.
 
And that's just evidence that the creator of a word doesn't always get to dictate how a word is pronounced.

Or that either way is equally valid and this whole thing is dumb.
 
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