How do you pronounce Git?
Because I don't live in a country that uses English, I haven't heard it yet.
In my country, some people use [ɡɪt] and others use [d͡ʒɪt].
Which is the one that most people use?
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17The pronunciation is [ɡít]– yoozer8Nov 8, 2011 at 2:26
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6I note that some of the replies have assumed that the question is about the Source management system git and others have not made this assumption. It doesn't affect the question, but those who have not heard of the system may find some of the replies rather strange.– Colin FineNov 8, 2011 at 13:58
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2The original question made it somewhat more clear, by capitalizing the G in "Git," but it was later edited to its present state.– BrendonNov 8, 2011 at 14:20
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2@ColinFine: Of course it's a self-deprecatory joke. :-) Isn't that obvious? And yes, as I said, I was just pointing out that get, git and Git are all cognates, which does not necessarily mean that they are pronounced with the same consonants, but which does make it unsurprising that they are. (The quote was to show that Linus was aware of the common word, and intended the name of his vcs to be the same.)– ShreevatsaRNov 9, 2011 at 13:28
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2It's (roughly) 깆.– Michael LortonOct 24, 2012 at 4:48
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If you need to know for sure, go to the source!
Video presentation about Git by Linus Torvalds
This confirms that [gɪt] is the expected pronunciation.
answered Nov 8, 2011 at 11:51
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6What in the world is an acute accent in IPA? There’s no such diacritic. Surely you just mean
[gɪt]for the pronunciation!– tchrist ♦May 13, 2012 at 0:37 -
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I think the timestamp you've chosen is wrong. Should be around 1:28 : youtu.be/4XpnKHJAok8?t=88 Sep 21, 2021 at 7:19
The word is pronounced [ɡɪt]. This is a homophone for the verb get, which is an intentional reference to its role in retrieving a source from a repository.
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12For (most?) American speakers, it isn't a homophone; /gɛt/, not /ɡít/, is a common pronunciation of get, as your reference shows. Nov 8, 2011 at 5:34
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1Somewhat true, but check out the pronunciation note from my source: The pronunciation [git] for get has existed since the 16th century. The same change is exhibited in [kin] for can and [yit] for yet. The pronunciation [git] is not regional and occurs in all parts of the country.– BrendonNov 8, 2011 at 12:17
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3@Brendon: I would say that git has to be regional. In 1893, someone describing the Mississippi accent specifically remarked that they used git instead of get, so it was certainly regional back then. The pronunciation git has probably diffused somewhat since, and you might be able to find speakers using it in all areas of the U.S., but my impression is that it is much more common in the South. Nov 8, 2011 at 13:36
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I can only go by what the source says. And, for what it's worth, I live in the Northeast and my pronunciation tends toward git, along with most people in my county.– BrendonNov 8, 2011 at 14:17
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5Where I live (middle of the USA) the only time they would be pronounced the same is when telling a stray animal (or child) to leave. In that case
getwould be pronounced with a short i sound instead of a short e.Getin this case is an imperative verb, roughly short for "Get yourself out of here". I've seen some people attempt to alleviate the confusion in this one instance by spelling this particular meaning of "get" as "git".– T.E.D.Nov 8, 2011 at 18:44
It never occurred to me to even think of saying it with anything other than a hard G and a short I, so [ɡɪt].
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Well you know, it would also never occur to most people that gif (which stands for Graphics Interchange Format) was supposed pronounced
jifbut that's that its creator says. I checked some gif files into git. PS: I use a hard G on both but just saying it's certainly a valid question given othergi?names :P– gmanNov 3, 2021 at 18:33