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be_excellent_to_each_other, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I’m gonna stop you there, because I’ve been using the format for about 30 years, and people only started using the new pronunciation in the last 10-15.

I've been using the word since the mid 90s and it's always been hard G for me.

I don't say that to suggest that you or anyone else are wrong to say it with a soft G (although my brain cringes each time I hear it), but since I don't think I invented the hard G pronunciation I think claiming it's a recent thing is a fallacious argument against the hard G.

be_excellent_to_each_other, 1 year ago

I just want to point out that Lin-Manuel Miranda has been advocating for peace between the hard and soft G clans for more than a decade.

be_excellent_to_each_other, 1 year ago

This is my only point:

I think claiming it's a recent thing is a fallacious argument against the hard G.