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How do you pronounce g in geep? I prefer to say it like g in gif myself.

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I think pronouncing it like the g in goat is appropriate

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I pronounce it like the J in Jesus.

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So the farmer can also be called a jeep wrangler?

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hip, obviously jesus is pronounciated with x. 🙃

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🤲

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Wikitionary says “j” like jeep: d͡ʒiːp

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But in Irish it’s pronounced Guinness

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From 2014… here’s an update from 2016 with video:

https://www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/the-return-of-the-geep-two-years-on-199305

In case the embedded video doesn’t load:

https://youtu.be/bo2IpSD3ptI

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“Return of the geep” is one of the best headlines that I’ll ever see.

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That’s quite an accent on that farmer.

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My hero!

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I think it should be called a Shoat

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It sometimes is, but the word is already taken for “a young pig”!

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Dammit

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I was with ya there. Silly language!

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A truly missed opportunity.

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Damn, I missed that, sorry – it was making the rounds today and I assumed…

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He’s a geeper!

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