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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

Get down from your giant giraffe and ride a high horse like everyone else. Or do you say "high" with a "g" like "gift"?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    The exceptions likely have etymological explanations. Note that they're exceptions -- the norm is that word-initial G make a G sound and not a J sound.

    When we steal a word and its spelling from another language, that's how we get exceptions.

    When someone invents a word and changes the rules, that's how we spot a troll.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    So what you're saying is the creator of a word can define its pronunciation that supercedes the current language's rules?

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