"G"ibs vs "J"ibs

[[BTF]Jehar]

I am able to admit that "J"iblets is the authentic pronounciation, but the spelling has caused "G"ib to become the de facto standard over the years. Simple as that. Call it emergent language I prefer G anyhow, sounds less douchish.

[{TNP}Dukie]

your post is makin me hungry!

[peewee_RotA]

It's gibs with a hard g. Why? Because it sound dumb the other way. Like trying to pronounce out LOL or LMAO. You can tell how much of a gamer somebody isn't by them pronouncing it with a soft g. Like pronouncing out VI in unix. The proper way to refer to it isV.-I.


And that Giblet thing is so dumb. Look up the pronunciation for Aluminum or mom. The brits pronounce Aluminum properly and the canadians pronounce mom properly but it's still more annoying than Barney.

I mean if you're going to pronounce Gib with a 'j' sound just because "giblets" is pronounced that way then you better start pronouncing economics the same way you pronounce economy.

[reaper]

gibs with a G

  d u n - done

[{TNP}Dukie]

anyone with an opinion different than mine is a giblet with a soft g

[Whirlingdervish]

Gibs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article refers to bits of a 3D character. For other things called "gib" see Gib.
 
Gibs, short for giblets, are the little bits of internal organs, flesh, and bone, generally smaller than entire limbs but bigger than golf balls, left when a person or creature is obliterated. id Software's Adrian Carmack is credited with coining the term.


HAHA!

It's Gib with a "J" sound because of it's association with "Giblet"!

[peewee_RotA]

HAHA!

It's Gib with a "J" sound because of it's association with "Giblet"!

HAHA!

It's derivative because it's associated with derive... wait.


http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
2 : something derived


It seems that pronunciation is determined by spelling not by root words.

[Kyper]

I like the cut of your gibs!

[Whirlingdervish]

ok fine lets put it this way:

gib is a shortened version of the word giblet.

If you remove the "let" from "giblet" you haven't changed anything that would affect the pronunciation of the first part of the word. at least that's how I see it. 

[peewee_RotA]

ok fine lets put it this way:

gib is a shortened version of the word giblet.

If you remove the "let" from "giblet" you haven't changed anything that would affect the pronunciation of the first part of the word. at least that's how I see it.

[HabibGoatAss]

Merriam Webster Hahahaha what a rag.

Funny for the verb it is certainly to Gib (hard g) while the Result of Gibbing is the noun Giblets with a J sound (all my personal perceptions).

Jiblets result from Gibbing. 

Also if one is a singer it is a Hard G - The brothas GIbbbbb   and also the notorious CAM package Virtual Gibbs

Those are both hard G - very very hard . . .

Later,

Habib

[Frag-O-Tron]

giblets is how i call it, but i say jib for short lol kinda like leet