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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pronounced “g” or “g”?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well g is the 7th letter sooo

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The person who created "g" said it's pronounced "g" so that's the correct answer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At the very least it's not incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Found the descriptivist

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And proud!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

And rightfully so!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I heard “g” was created at around the same time in two different parts of the world. One of them claims it to be pronounced “g” and the other claims it to be pronounced “g.”