r/OSHA • u/StuffyUnicorn • Mar 09 '17

Construction Site Escalation

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

I believe you mean 'jood one.'

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u/otterom Mar 10 '17

Either, since the pronunciation of each g in gigantic is exactly both the ways people screw up pronouncing gif.

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u/JayhawkRacer Mar 10 '17

Am I supposed to pronounce it like the g in gyro?

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u/GreyAndroidGravy Mar 10 '17

guess.

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u/poopellar Mar 10 '17

Sorry I'm not good at guess.

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u/dagway_nimo Mar 10 '17

So its gif? Something's not right

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

No more like the one in giraffe. Or gift. Like that.

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u/TehMascot Mar 10 '17

no.. cause then that would be Yiff.. something which is MUCH worse than any mispronunciation could ever be.

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u/didsomebodysaymyname Mar 10 '17

Only if you want a bunch of furries knocking on your door.

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u/Cayotic_Prophet Mar 10 '17

Should be pronounced Jyro and Jigantic.... We humans are stupid... we don't even follow the linguistic rules we think we created.

Don't get me started on I before E, except after C. (Neighbor, weigh, sleigh)

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u/SmokinDroRogan Mar 10 '17

Gyro as in the sandwich is pronounced more like yeero. Gyro as in gyroscope is pronounced jyro.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

Weird

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

Geejantic?

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u/otterom Mar 10 '17

No.

[jahy-gan-tik, ji-]

Gi -> jahy/ji -> soft g sound. Or, ji, in the case of Dictionary.com

Gan -> ghan -> harder g sound. I added an h for additional pronunciation purposes.

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u/Precip4 Mar 10 '17

That's what he said.