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How do YOU pronounce "Gil"?

View Poll Results: How do you pronounce "Gil"?
I pronounce it like the girl's name "Jill". 6 8.22%
I pronounce it with a [g] like in "gate". 66 90.41%
I don't care and never bothered reading it as an actual word. 1 1.37%
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Old 07-19-2009, 10:33 PM Level: 2  HP: 0 / 25
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Gil as in Goth, gate or Lady Gaga.

If I remember correctly, in the American Super Nintendo version of Final Fantasy IV they switched it to "GP" as in gold pieces...FFIV was my first FF ever, so naturally, when I had first seen "Gil" in another FF title, I related it to the word gold. Makes sense to me, no matter how French I am.
I probably would have done the same even had I never seen the term gold or gold pieces attributed to the serie's currency.
I mean, do "krona" or "rupee" sound anymore "valuta"? O_o And those are REAL.

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I pronounce it with a "G" like Gate.
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"G" As in "Gate".
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I say Gil, like the fish breathing organs.
Thats how I pronounce it.
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I say it in the way i'd say Jill, maybe it's a British thing?
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I've always pronounced Gil like the company Gillette. So, like the girls name Jill. But then I found out the correct way is with hard g sound like gate. Quoted from Wikipedia, "Final Fantasy IV is the only game to explain the origin of the word; in that game, the word Gil is named after Gilbart, a common name for members of the royal family of Damcyan, and was originally used as the currency of Damcyan."
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Sorry couldn't resist but I've always found it to be G like gate
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I say Gil, like the fish breathing organs.
Same, here, I've said it like this for as long as I can remember.
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I simpLy just pronounced it as "jiLL".. LoL!

I don't know what's the correct prounounciation, but oh weLL.. I saw many here prounounced it as "g" (gate). but Idk.
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I pronounce it with a G not a hard word to pronounce...
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I pronounce it like the gill of a fish. That might not be right, but I started the FF series before I knew how to pronounce Japanese words. Old habits die hard.
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well.. i pronounced "Gil" using a (g) just like the word "Gate". I like that pronunciation because it make me comfort everytime i pronounce it..
so that's why until now i keep saying it using a (g)
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Quote:
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I say it in the way i'd say Jill, maybe it's a British thing?
Nope, I'm English and me and everyone I know say Gil. As you can see, other Americans have said Jill, and that doesn't mean the whole of America does! Same goes for other countries. I say Gil because its like Gold, as in currency which is what Gil is. Plus it sounds better.
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I like saying it like "jill" like the name of my girlfriend.

and when I mean girlfriend, I am talking about my hand.

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I pronounce it gil, like everyone's favorite unsuccessful salesman Gil Gunderson.
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I say it with a hard g. Like fish gills, or gate.
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I pronounce it like a fish gill
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Yup, G as in gate!
Although i suppose it doesn't really matter....
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I have always pronounced it with g as in gate
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I love the inventor of gel.
 
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Huh. You know, I never even thought about that word possibly being pronounced like "Jill." Now I'm confused...but whatever. I'll just keep saying (fish) gil like I have before. It's too late to change now.
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