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When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This is actually an issue that should be solved at the English level. All words starting with a 'g' that are pronounced 'j' should be written with a 'j'.

Girl -> Girl
Giraffe -> jiraffe
GIF -> GIF

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Gordons Jin?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like your way of thinking. Now, what about damned "Pacific Ocean"?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pasifik Owshyn

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Paowoific ocishin

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_reform

English has been the total outlier among (originally) European language with no body of authority over its spelling. Even the “reform” by Noah Webster never really caught on outside North America, nearly 100 years later. And even more curious, the somewhat authoritative Oxford English Dictionary disagrees in their spelling with everybody (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling).