Re: Even though I disagree on his pronounciation
And while we're about it, what about gaol?
Gin and Ginger are both imports from languages with a soft "g". But that doesn't really matter because looking for logic in English spelling is asking for trouble! However, native speakers have innate rules for pronunciation and I remember assuming it would be a hard G when I first encountered it, not least because we already have jif in jiffy. I remembered being "corrected" as well but, the soft "G" has here has never sat well with me, so I stick with the hard "G".
Whatever your pronunciation, it was a great idea but later became many people's introduction to the notion of software patents…
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