I still hear it in my head as "GOW-ler".
TOPIC | The new gif/jif debate
i know at heart it's "jailer" but my brain refuses to read it as anything but "gah-low-er" [emoji=spiral tongue size=1]
i know at heart it's "jailer" but my brain refuses to read it as anything but "gah-low-er"
i am fully aware that it's pronounced jailer but my brain refuses to see it as anything other than gayler
i am fully aware that it's pronounced jailer but my brain refuses to see it as anything other than gayler
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I say jailer c:
[quote name="Vendrus" date="2019-06-10 10:36:00" ]
...that said, mentally they are 100% gay-o-lers.
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Vendrus wrote on 2019-06-10 10:36:00:
...that said, mentally they are 100% gay-o-lers.
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I know it's suppose to be jailer but I've been pronouncing it gay-o-ler since I first saw the name and I'm not gonna stop.
I speak language where we spell words the same way they are read so gaoler. I can't even imagine calling them jailers [emoji=spiral confused size=1]
I speak language where we spell words the same way they are read so gaoler. I can't even imagine calling them jailers
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I mean sure, it's a real word that people pronounce as jailer NOW, but if we're using the archaic spelling [i]because[/i] the breed is ancient, then we should logically use the original pronunciation too
[u][url=https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/jail]Which was[/url][/u] [u][url=https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2013/12/jail-gaol.html]said with[/url][/u] [u][url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/04/why-did-we-ever-spell-jail-gaol/]a hard G [/url][/u]
[emoji=gaoler winking size=2]
Gah-oh-ler. French pronounciation will out for this one.
I can kinda understand the 'jailer' thing as it's close to the French world "Geolier" [Jow-lee-E] which means the same thing (prison guardian).
But my brain can't compute a "Ga-" sound as "Jay" something.
I can kinda understand the 'jailer' thing as it's close to the French world "Geolier" [Jow-lee-E] which means the same thing (prison guardian).
But my brain can't compute a "Ga-" sound as "Jay" something.
I go back and forth between "gayoler" and "jailer", but for me it's never been anything other than a soft g "gif". Words like "giraffe" have a "J" sound because they're adapted from other languages. But "gif" is a new word. It shouldn't have funny rules, it should look as it appears. A soft "g" makes a "gih" sound not a "juh" sound, we have J for "juh".
GIF is an acronym. The first word is Graphics. The G in Graphics makes a "guh" sound. Therefore, I pronounce 'gif' with a 'guh' and not a 'juh'.
[emoji=gaoler happy size=2]
I go back and forth between "gayoler" and "jailer", but for me it's never been anything other than a soft g "gif". Words like "giraffe" have a "J" sound because they're adapted from other languages. But "gif" is a new word. It shouldn't have funny rules, it should look as it appears. A soft "g" makes a "gih" sound not a "juh" sound, we have J for "juh".
GIF is an acronym. The first word is Graphics. The G in Graphics makes a "guh" sound. Therefore, I pronounce 'gif' with a 'guh' and not a 'juh'.
GIF is an acronym. The first word is Graphics. The G in Graphics makes a "guh" sound. Therefore, I pronounce 'gif' with a 'guh' and not a 'juh'.