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[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 23 points 2 months ago

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

[-] ThoGot@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

I think pronouncing it like the g in goat is appropriate

[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I pronounce it like the J in Jesus.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

So the farmer can also be called a jeep wrangler?

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 months ago

hip, obviously jesus is pronounciated with x. 🙃

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 months ago
[-] pauldrye@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Wikitionary says "j" like jeep: d͡ʒiːp

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

But in Irish it's pronounced Guinness

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

That's quite an accent on that farmer.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

He's a geeper!

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