Is the G in "gibbous" pronounced like the G in GIF or the G in GIF?

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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

It's like the G in gyro.

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

Yhibbous?

WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The same as Gay.

Today@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Yhay?

bobbyfiend@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Non-joke answer: I've always heard it as a hard G, like in Gesture,

skvlp@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y

It’s pronounced like the G in jolden retriever.

onlooker@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Wiktionary has a Southern English pronounciation:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gibbous