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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks 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 weeks ago

I think pronouncing it like the g in goat is appropriate

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

I pronounce it like the J in Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So the farmer can also be called a jeep wrangler?

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

hip, obviously jesus is pronounciated with x. 🙃

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

Wikitionary says "j" like jeep: d͡ʒiːp

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

But in Irish it's pronounced Guinness

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

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

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

That's quite an accent on that farmer.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think it should be called a Shoat

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I was with ya there. Silly language!

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

A truly missed opportunity.

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

He's a geeper!