Julia Silge on Nostr: My 15-year-old avoids the “jif”/“ghif” pronunciation minefield by always ...
My 15-year-old avoids the “jif”/“ghif” pronunciation minefield by always saying the letters “G I F” spelled out. As someone who has stumbled over this my whole adulthood, I have decided to avoid this.
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