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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Its actually a rule of the English language that g followed by i is a soft g.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Except in gift which is the linguistically closest word to gif

Also, don't misunderstand English: as the hybrid of two very different language sources (Germanic and Latin - among many others since), there are basically no rules that don't have exceptions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

gift which is the linguistically closest word to gif

gin

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