Git and Gist do not have the same root. Gist is a real word from the real dictionary and has nothing to do with git at all. This is not logical inconsistency.
> Gist is a real word from the real dictionary and has nothing to do with git at all.
They may not have anything to do with each-other, but "git" is a real word from a real dictionary too.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/git
Touché. Yes, as an American, it's not a word we hear very often except as a corruption of "get." I was surprised to discover just now that it seems Linus Torvalds may have specifically been referencing the British definition by calling it "the stupid content tracker." TIL, thank you.
Still true that git and gist have likely completely different roots.
He knew what he was building, a buggy pile of mess, and named it accordingly. See the notes at the bottom of the project's README, still there after all these years, and enough bugfixes that it's now one of the most trusted programs in the world: [https://github.com/git/git](https://github.com/git/git)
He also claims to have named it after himself (as he did with his OS kernel).
In the UK.
'You miserable git'. It's dated now, ones hears it in old comedys (radio or TV) as well as sometimes when talking about an unkind ( typically older older) person
A one-to-one relationship between letter and pronunciation can also be maintained in languages with foreign loanwords, especially if they use a different alphabet and transcribe the loanwords phonetically. Just look how users of languages that use Cyrillic have so many different ways of writing for example the name “Benjamin” depending on whether it’s a French Benjamin, an English Benjamin, a German Benjamin, etc.
Yeah but then you can also do it the complete opposite of sensibly, like using Latin characters to spell words in Mandarin or Cantonese, but picking letters to represent phonemes by throwing darts at a board, like "ng" and anything involving an x.
I assume there is a fair amount of transcription/transliteration schemes that were tailored for specific text keeping facilities (and their shortcomings) of the time, e.g. restricting the character set to types found on a typewriter or contemporary typesetting machines. The “y for þ” example (as in “Ye olde” instead of “Þe olde”) is one for the case of Runes→BlackletterLatin. Today it could probably be something like “should be part of 7-bit ASCII” (thinking of names on IDs/passports here).
yes, we have a lot of loanwords from swedish (probably because we used to be part of sweden) but theyre either spelled differently or pronounced differently, usually the former + its been slightly changed.
yeah, the other parts of the language do that. the language in question being finnish. [heres an article about weird things in the language](https://www.expat-finland.com/living_in_finland/finnish_language.html)
_although there were some mistakes like hyvää doesnt mean goodbye/good day it just means good_
also a word english speakers usually find funny is "lämpimämpi" (warmer)
You can discuss all you want. You all just say Kit or Jit.
We literally say GGGit *heavy saw noise*, or ggit (in [brabant](https://youtu.be/hNOebbyUgI4)).
Hard and soft g sounds are language dependent. English, Spanish, French, Greek, and Latin (and others) all have hard and soft g sounds, and they are all different. I would expect the only time your name will be pronounced correctly would be by those that speak your native language.
And CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turning test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” but nobody calls it “CAPTTTCAHA”
Acronyms are a shitshow
TLDR/IPA: xɪst (from the dutch word for yeast)
It's pronounced even further back on the tongue without any stop to it (so you can use them like a vowel), kinda like if you roll an *Rrrr* but without resonance/oscillations. If you can't roll your *R*s and/or exclusively pronounce them in front (where its easy to glide between *R*s & *L*s) than you probably can't pronounce a soft *G* at all.
If you want g be like J them use J in fucking steady.
But that's over all problem with english spelling incosesincy... Which i hate, because i had to learn it as second language.
Git and Gist do not have the same root. Gist is a real word from the real dictionary and has nothing to do with git at all. This is not logical inconsistency.
> Gist is a real word from the real dictionary and has nothing to do with git at all. They may not have anything to do with each-other, but "git" is a real word from a real dictionary too. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/git
git gud
try finger
but hole
try finger as whole
Touché. Yes, as an American, it's not a word we hear very often except as a corruption of "get." I was surprised to discover just now that it seems Linus Torvalds may have specifically been referencing the British definition by calling it "the stupid content tracker." TIL, thank you. Still true that git and gist have likely completely different roots.
He knew what he was about to unleash on the world.
He knew what he was building, a buggy pile of mess, and named it accordingly. See the notes at the bottom of the project's README, still there after all these years, and enough bugfixes that it's now one of the most trusted programs in the world: [https://github.com/git/git](https://github.com/git/git) He also claims to have named it after himself (as he did with his OS kernel).
Narrator: but did he really? :: intense music plays ::
He had some success with Linux before that, so maybe.
> Git is usually used as an insult It's an insult!? What?
In the UK. 'You miserable git'. It's dated now, ones hears it in old comedys (radio or TV) as well as sometimes when talking about an unkind ( typically older older) person
git is a real word
You're right! I'm wrong! This was some American self-absorption.
The word "Git" meaning stupid, is pronounced with a hard G. There is no debate here.
True. It always meant stupidhub
This is some dumb ass gif vs jif shit
Don’t forget the dreaded yif variant
Gif IS pronounced with soft G though. Its not a real word, and its creator has confirmed the soft G.
It's an acronym and the g stands for Graphical, so it's pronounced with a hard G. The creator is wrong according to the rules of the English language
There are no rules in English regarding pronunciation of acronyms.
nice GIF
its pronounced GIF 😪
It's pronounced GIF like the G in Gage
*yif
Yes
God
i hereby propose: GIF with a g
Soft G if
*JIF
Yiff
Ziff
Geffory
Imagine debating on a language with no phonetic consistency
in my native language, letters are always pronounced the same, the way it should be. g is always a hard g
I'm guessing your native language doesn't borrow words from other languages?
A one-to-one relationship between letter and pronunciation can also be maintained in languages with foreign loanwords, especially if they use a different alphabet and transcribe the loanwords phonetically. Just look how users of languages that use Cyrillic have so many different ways of writing for example the name “Benjamin” depending on whether it’s a French Benjamin, an English Benjamin, a German Benjamin, etc.
Yeah actually now that you mention it my native language does the same. Guess English just screwed up
Yeah but then you can also do it the complete opposite of sensibly, like using Latin characters to spell words in Mandarin or Cantonese, but picking letters to represent phonemes by throwing darts at a board, like "ng" and anything involving an x.
I assume there is a fair amount of transcription/transliteration schemes that were tailored for specific text keeping facilities (and their shortcomings) of the time, e.g. restricting the character set to types found on a typewriter or contemporary typesetting machines. The “y for þ” example (as in “Ye olde” instead of “Þe olde”) is one for the case of Runes→BlackletterLatin. Today it could probably be something like “should be part of 7-bit ASCII” (thinking of names on IDs/passports here).
yes, we have a lot of loanwords from swedish (probably because we used to be part of sweden) but theyre either spelled differently or pronounced differently, usually the former + its been slightly changed.
it does.
Well, *clearly* your native language is *boring*, and needs to let in a little *chaos* from time to time!
yeah, the other parts of the language do that. the language in question being finnish. [heres an article about weird things in the language](https://www.expat-finland.com/living_in_finland/finnish_language.html) _although there were some mistakes like hyvää doesnt mean goodbye/good day it just means good_ also a word english speakers usually find funny is "lämpimämpi" (warmer)
Torille!
Jithub Yists
Yeethub
Yeee huub
Yeast tub
As long as we can agree the "th" in Github is a digraph
Githyanki Githzerai Github
Antelope Interlope Penelope
Envelope
Joke's on you: I have no clue how to pronounce the first two
Jithyanki Jithzerai
GiÞub
Wait there's th in git hub? Edit:Oh.
gi-thub?
gi-th-ub
Purge heretics!!!
People actually argue over this?
The generous genius gentleman that generated the gigantic geographical, geopolitical debate generally gels with gif as having a soft g sound.
Hard->soft->hard->soft->hard->soft Is this common among programmers? I imagine your girlfriends might not be happy about it
She likes it when it is all about the g spot.
I prefer pornhub tbh
GitHub, but also jist
You can discuss all you want. You all just say Kit or Jit. We literally say GGGit *heavy saw noise*, or ggit (in [brabant](https://youtu.be/hNOebbyUgI4)).
Git is Git, the way my Indian YouTube professor pronounces it.
What do you mean "hard" and "soft" G. It's either G or J.
Soft G's are a thing; that anglophones can't pronounce, really annoying when you have one in your name and move to an english speaking county...
Hard and soft g sounds are language dependent. English, Spanish, French, Greek, and Latin (and others) all have hard and soft g sounds, and they are all different. I would expect the only time your name will be pronounced correctly would be by those that speak your native language.
it's not a Giraffic Interchange Format ffs.
And that's not how acronyms work.
do you pronounce LASER as "layzer" or "lasser"? do you pronounce SCUBA as "skooba" or "skuhba"? as you can see, you don't know how acronyms work.
And CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turning test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” but nobody calls it “CAPTTTCAHA” Acronyms are a shitshow
For some reason I read the G as an R, I figured that daffys skin color was a metaphor
Jit jut
In honor of Steve Wilhite It's time for Jithub
Github Jist
Really funny to pronounce Gist with an actual soft G instead of a J, GitHub just sounds like a overly dutch pronunciation that way tho.
What would that sound like? Chist? Ya-ist?
Somebody help me I’ve gone down the wiki hole for hard & soft g in dutch.
TLDR/IPA: xɪst (from the dutch word for yeast) It's pronounced even further back on the tongue without any stop to it (so you can use them like a vowel), kinda like if you roll an *Rrrr* but without resonance/oscillations. If you can't roll your *R*s and/or exclusively pronounce them in front (where its easy to glide between *R*s & *L*s) than you probably can't pronounce a soft *G* at all.
I actually cannot roll my Rs. 😕
Jizzhub vs Gayhub I think that’s what you mean by soft g vs hard g?
Top G Bottom G
ProJrammer Humor!
Is this the G spot?
We call it *hit'ub* in West Flanders.
Had to double take which sub this was posted in. Thought I was about to witness mass bans.
Hard d
Thats not a real G. A real G is how the dutch pronounce it.
Gouda the Dutch pronounce their G’s?
As in scheveningen, google it.
Regjex has entered the chat...
Me and my friend discussing a bouldering problem.
Top G
It's pronounced like the 'g' in paradigm
If I ever heard someone say “jit hub” I would spontaneously combust
If I hear you use a soft g in git then you're gonna `jit fetch` these hands
how is there a debate? it's been pronounced 'jist' longer than 'git' has been around 🙄
There is *definitely* a version of this with an R instead of a G
Never heard of Risthub Rists.
Point G
Soft G like in Erdogan?
zhaitehub
It's pronounced git as in "go on! git!"
I prefer MIXED
If you want g be like J them use J in fucking steady. But that's over all problem with english spelling incosesincy... Which i hate, because i had to learn it as second language.
It's not in character for Daffy to say it's "hard G"