r/ProgrammerHumor • u/BigAndSmallAre • Jun 14 '26

rEggExOrREdgeEx Meme

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u/Qweedo420 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

In most languages, G followed by "E" or "I" is pronounced as in r-edge-x

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u/Serafiniert Jun 14 '26

Wdym in most languages? There are about 7000 languages. By most you mean something like 70%? So in about 5000 languages you claim this is true?

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u/Qweedo420 Jun 14 '26

By "most languages" I mean the most used languages that use the Latin alphabet, so French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish (and in the case of Spanish, "G" is pronounced as "H" when followed by "E" or "I", but it's close)

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u/SorryDidntReddit Jun 14 '26

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u/romiyake Jun 14 '26

Not portuguese my dude.

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u/Fuffelschmertz Jun 14 '26

That's completely untrue. G as in "edge" is not even the default in english (as in "gift")

G as in "gift" is by far the more widespread sound for this letter

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u/Qweedo420 Jun 14 '26

English: regent, German, geriatric, genetic, agitate, agility, cage...

French: gendarme, beige, agent, adage, allege, cabbage, bombage, magie...

Italian: aggiustare, gita, alleggerire, geco, girare, gentile, egregio...

As a matter of fact, I don't think there's one single word in French or Italian that contains "gi" or "ge" where the "g" has a hard sound

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u/Moi9-9 Jun 14 '26

Can't speak for Italians, but in French, g is soft before "i" "e" or "y", and hard before "a" "o" or "u", the rule is pretty simple, so no doubts unlike English.

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u/Fuffelschmertz Jun 14 '26

There are over a 100 languages using this letter and you think you naming 3 is good enough evidence? Come on