casualhippo@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoHave mercy on our soulssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down199
arrow-up1932arrow-down1imageHave mercy on our soulssh.itjust.workscasualhippo@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoNobody pronounces it with a hard G because of what the G stands for. Acronyms don’t work like that. They do it because a hard G is more common when starting words in English than a soft one.
minus-squareRisk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·5 months agoSure, but that doesn’t change anything in my mind. Descriptivism FTW!
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoYou better be consistent, then! Jfeg!
Nobody pronounces it with a hard G because of what the G stands for. Acronyms don’t work like that. They do it because a hard G is more common when starting words in English than a soft one.
Sure, but that doesn’t change anything in my mind. Descriptivism FTW!
You better be consistent, then! Jfeg!
Huh? I don’t follow.