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As soon as someone wants to take a hard stance on it it makes me want to switch. I don't know why. I typically said Jiff (like the PB) but with this site's attitude I'm going to start saying GIFT (with no T) again.
Either way, you still have to pay taxes.
"Enter 1 for yourself if no one in your family says GIF with a hard G."
If 90% use hard-g then I'm pretty sure Websters would categorize that as the correct pronunciation.
Why only those two options? I like the Swedish pronunciation: yif Obligatory Dilbert link: https://dilbert.com/strip/1994-12-26
I've actually never heard it pronounced "Jiff" in conversation. Ever. I'm not going to categorically claim that people don't do it, because anecdote isn't evidence, but I've only ever heard the word "jiff" in the context of an Internet debate I'm increasingly believing is made up. EDIT: Additionally, I've never heard anyone say po-tah-to or toe-mah-to outside of the song. Where does this urge come from?
> toe-mah-to I mean... this merely means you've never been to an English speaking country outside North America.
So you mean... nothing.
I've actually never heard it pronounced "Jiff" in conversation. Ever. I'm not going to categorically claim that people don't do it, because anecdote isn't evidence, but I've only ever heard the word "jiff" in the context of an Internet debate I'm increasingly believing is made up. EDIT: Additionally, I've never heard anyone say po-tah-to or toe-mah-to outside of the song. Where does this urge come from?
> toe-mah-to I mean... this merely means you've never been to an English speaking country outside North America.