I'm a librarian but don't claim to be really good one. Is there perhaps some some LIS-related reason why dropping the t off "gift" changes +
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Gee whillikers, that is one ginormous issue. Maybe gift is the exception to the rule.
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Well, if you're looking at "gi-" constructions, "gee [willikers]" gets you nowhere. "Ginormous" carries only the weight of a portmanteau, +
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+ but you do have "gigantic" itself, of course. And giant, giraffe, and gin. Meanwhile, on the other side: gift, gig, gills, gimmick, +
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+ gimlet, gilt, giddy, gigabit, giggle, and [god, I feel so sexist] girl. Though you do have ginger and, let's be honest, gibberish. So I +
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+ don't know what rule you see here. Sometimes it's one way, sometimes the other. But even if "gift" were the exception, "gif" would still +
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+ be that string with the t dropped and lend itself to the same pronunciation. Though I will agree that a soft g sound is more logical if +
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+ GIF actually stands for Giraffe Interchange Format.
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Wait, that isn't what it stands for? I have been such a fool.
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