>>20088To add to this, the only reason g is pronounced in that 'soft' way is because of a sound change in mediaeval French, so it doesn't make sense to pronounce g in that way in a completely new word if you're literate in the history of English.
The pronunciation of j was also borrowed from French, and when the text read 'Jesus' people started reading 'djesus' instead of the original 'yesus'.
