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Is the narrator a machine? He said "eee gee" for eg.

Woah wait, do people say "example given" or "egg" instead? I always say eee gee and eye eee.

I've always heard "eee gee" for "e.g."

I've always said 'for example'

e.g. stands for exempli gratia rather than example given, and it means "for example" in modern parlance.

eg doesn't stand for "example given", it stands for "exempli gratia".

For example (e.g.) or that is (i.e.)

I say eee gee and eye eee for e.g. and i.e. when reading those out loud. Doesn't everyone?

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