--- Michael Everson <everson@...> wrote:

> At 15:57 -0800 2004-12-31, Doug Ewell wrote:
>
> >I've read that it "should" be pronounced /dZIf/
> >with a soft G. I nod my head and say, "hmm, that's
> >nice," and go on pronouncing it /gIf/ with a hard

G.

>
> The "g" is for "graphic" is it not? Not "giraffic"?
> Then it must be /gIf/ and /dZIf/ is just crap sugary
> American peanut butter.

Let's pronounce all words "etymologically correctly".
Especially ones those which run counter to usual
English orthography/pronunciation correspondences.
If that's too much work, let's just try to sound
pedantic. (-:

Andrew Dunbar.

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