Subj : Re: Pronunciation
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Apr 04 2022 22:07:54

 Ni>  bo> Back in the 90s, I said "JIF", and my friends then said that sounded 
 Ni>  bo> and that I was wrong, it was "GIF" with a hard G. I then used that
 Ni>  bo> pronunciation from then on in, until I found this out, and realised I
 Ni>  bo> right the first time. 
 Ni> 
 Ni> I think most of the people I knew where I am pronounced it "jif", and it
 Ni> seemed like very few pronounced it with a hard G.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Nightfox

Probably difference #119 between Australia and North America.

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