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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There exists other words that start with gi but use the soft g, gin for example. But regardless, the pronunciation of one word is not determined by the pronunciation of other unrelated words.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

But regardless, the pronunciation of one word is not determined by the pronunciation of other unrelated words.

In English? Yes. In other, more structured and sane languages? No.