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Have mercy on our souls (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] ChemicalPilgrim 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Gift without the t is obviously pronounced jiff

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Applet without the t is obviously pronounced apple

[–] ChemicalPilgrim 9 points 8 months ago

English is inconsistent, and my arguments are too, but I know I'm right and will die on this hill.

[–] Reddfugee42 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ChemicalPilgrim 1 points 8 months ago

Well, as always, the collective will rule on how language is used and which words are exceptions that prove a rule.