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Originally Posted by Capt. Insane
Dude, you're picking all words that come from French; of course they're going to be pronounced in a ****ed up way. And in "daugher" and "laugher" the "g" is technically silent. Look at "English" itself; no soft "g" here.
Take these:
Green, goose, goblet, gross, gregarious, agregate, coagulate, gambit, magnet, slag
English is a combination of Greek, Latin, German, and French words for the most part. The latter is what gives the soft "g" sounds, for the most part, and words where there is not really a "g" sound at all (laughter, daughter, might).
I'm not some idiot; I'm an English major. I take a more in-depth look at the English language than most people do.
Furthermore, go to www.m-w.com and type "gib" into the search box. It'll give you a pronunciation and it's with a hard "g." I'd post a link, but there is none to the entry itself. |
Well, let's see. "giblet ... Origin: Old French... "
I wonder why, when discussing a word that is of French origin, I would chose words for which to compare its pronunciation which are also of French origin? Must be the Deviant in me.
Maybe instead of trying to apply Germanic pronunciation to French words we should apply Swahili or Mongolian?
However, since you are partial to hard consonant sounds, I would vote for Klingon pronunciation.
Regarding Merrium-Webster, yes, when "Gib" is a nickname for "Gilbert," a hard 'g' is appropriate. However, I don't think we are creating any Gilberts in UT nor are we castrating any felines.
We are extracting innards ... giblets ... gibs.
...and "jib" is still the correct pronunciation.
