• can@sh.itjust.works
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    It’s been popular in use but casual everyday people weren’t always bringing them up in conversation.

    English is not consistent, accept that. You can say gif but I’ll continue to call it gif.

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      English is not consistent, accept that.

      This is the real answer. Both are correct and that’s that. It can be gif as in image, or gif as in graphic.

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      English is not consistent, accept that. You can say gif but I’ll continue to call it gif.

      That doesn’t mean we have an ehxcuse to haje jt worse

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        I’ve been saying gif with a soft g for over twenty years. Telling me not to is what makes English worse. As far I’m concerned both pronunciations are valid.

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          Telling me not to is what makes English worse.

          In your opinion. “Jiggawatt” is not a common English pronunciation outside of back to the future references at this point. People mostly settled on one over the other because it makes sense to pronounce a word a similar way to be more easily understood. It’s not always the case, sure, but I think you’ll find multiple pronunciations are the exception, not the rule. That’s why you can come up with a good handful of such words, but you’ll be using words with single pronunciations to talk about them.