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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I think pronouncing it like the g in goat is appropriate

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I pronounce it like the J in Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the farmer can also be called a jeep wrangler?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

hip, obviously jesus is pronounciated with x. 🙃

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wikitionary says "j" like jeep: d͡ʒiːp

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But in Irish it's pronounced Guinness

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That's quite an accent on that farmer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

He's a geeper!