i just realized i've been pronouncing 'GIF' wrong my entire life. turns out it's not 'gif' but 'jif'. i feel betrayed. i wonder what other words i've been butchering.
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nuh uh! the vowels <e> and <i> in English usually palatalize proceeding consonants!
“usually”
gift, get
however!! “gift“ and “get” come from Germanic roots, where “graphic“ comes from Greek via Latin, so we should apply the rule more associated with Latin roots (in English, at least)
if it wasn’t clear, i don’t actually think /gif/ is wrong per se