Except in gift which is the linguistically closest word to gif
Also, don't misunderstand English: as the hybrid of two very different language sources (Germanic and Latin - among many others since), there are basically no rules that don't have exceptions.
Its actually a rule of the English language that g followed by i is a soft g.
Give? Gift? Gills? Girl? Giddy?
Every rule in English has exceptions, but when we make a new word should it follow the rule, or be an exception?
Except in gift which is the linguistically closest word to gif
Also, don't misunderstand English: as the hybrid of two very different language sources (Germanic and Latin - among many others since), there are basically no rules that don't have exceptions.
gin
Gin is closer to gif than gift?
gitLike giraffe, gist, and magic