Do you have any examples of words changed by adding a consonant? Additional vowels in words, such as your examples, usually change how a word is pronounced

Also, your attack in the second paragraph is unneeded and contributes nothing to the debate. If an argument cannot be based on logic alone, I ask that you do not make it.

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tom and tomb

And I agree, I’ll remove it.

[–] Cronization@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I acknowledge that you fulfilled my request but personally remain unconvinced using those examples. Tom is generally a nickname for Thomas and borrows pronunciation from that.

However I did remember the words kin and kind but there's also tin and tint. So I'm just going to declare English overall as highly inconsistent and silly, will still pronounce gif with a hard g, but recognize that you have a different point of view. 🙂

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Tom is a name for a male animal.

“Bot” and “both” may be more your style. Or, to stick with g, “gin” has a soft g while “gink” has a hard g.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

LOL, arguing about English pronunciation based on spelling? Really?

[–] Lizardking27@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Friend this is the internet, if you're seriously expecting 0 trash-talk with your discussions then you're in the wrong place.