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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

He's a geeper!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That's quite an accent on that farmer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

"Return of the geep" is one of the best headlines that I'll ever see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn, I missed that, sorry -- it was making the rounds today and I assumed....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That poor thing is probably dead already. 😭

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I think pronouncing it like the g in goat is appropriate

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I pronounce it like the J in Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So the farmer can also be called a jeep wrangler?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

hip, obviously jesus is pronounciated with x. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wikitionary says "j" like jeep: d͡ʒiːp

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But in Irish it's pronounced Guinness

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think it should be called a Shoat

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I was with ya there. Silly language!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

A truly missed opportunity.