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[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 22 points 1 week ago

How do you pronounce g in geep? I prefer to say it like g in gif myself.

[-] ThoGot@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

I think pronouncing it like the g in goat is appropriate

[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I pronounce it like the J in Jesus.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

So the farmer can also be called a jeep wrangler?

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago

hip, obviously jesus is pronounciated with x. 🙃

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago
[-] pauldrye@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Wikitionary says "j" like jeep: d͡ʒiːp

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But in Irish it's pronounced Guinness

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago

"Return of the geep" is one of the best headlines that I'll ever see.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago
[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

That's quite an accent on that farmer.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I think it should be called a Shoat

[-] pauldrye@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago
[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago
[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

I was with ya there. Silly language!

[-] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

A truly missed opportunity.

[-] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

He's a geeper!

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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