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Finally, my degree in old English dialects is useful!

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It’s extraordinarily lucky for you then that “gif” entered the English language on or around the PM period during ca. June 15, 1987.

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Etymology: From Proto-Germanic jabai (when, if) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.

Conjunction: ġif

Descendants: Middle English: if, yif, yef

Therefore, “gif” is pronounced with a Y

Edit: Yes, this was a very long way to go for a furry joke

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