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arrow-up1330arrow-down1imageSteve Wilhitelemmy.zipGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 个月前message-square88fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSquirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 个月前I’m saying the presence of an f at all affecting the pronunciation of the g is laughably arbitrary as all the evidence for it has the same exact root word and isn’t enough to make it a rule.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 个月前Ah. You’re saying both are equal because they both count for nothing and two zeros are equal. I disagree that “gift”, despite being a singular example, is nothing. 1 > 0.
I’m saying the presence of an f at all affecting the pronunciation of the g is laughably arbitrary as all the evidence for it has the same exact root word and isn’t enough to make it a rule.
Ah. You’re saying both are equal because they both count for nothing and two zeros are equal.
I disagree that “gift”, despite being a singular example, is nothing. 1 > 0.