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[โ€“] Reddfugee42 2 points 10 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

[โ€“] ChemicalPilgrim 1 points 10 months ago

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