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I get the gist of what you are saying but gingerly I will inform you that my giraffe giblets are cold
Sorry, that was just gibberish
This is how you prove a point, boys and jirls.
How does one jet something?
Gift without the t is obviously pronounced jiff
Applet without the t is obviously pronounced apple
English is inconsistent, and my arguments are too, but I know I'm right and will die on this hill.
Gift is one of the exceptions to a clearly demonstrated pattern. In fact, there are so few such words that there is a wikipedia article that lists them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSJaSS_Zj0Y
Well, as always, the collective will rule on how language is used and which words are exceptions that prove a rule.
The A in (Navy) SEALS stands for air
Jfeg
There's always some guy who thinks pronouncing acronyms has anything to do with the words they stand for.
I'm gonna take an embarrassing JPEG of this and then go SCUBA diving