Posted by Geraint_Lewis on February 18, 2014 at 06:28:33 user Geraint_Lewis.
In Reply to: Re: Gibber - Hard or Soft G posted by Mike Field on February 18, 2014 at 03:22:57:
"He's called Gibber because he gibbers," said Roger (Winter Holiday, Chapter 13). So no connection to Australian rocks in Roger's mind.
That said, I must admit I always read it with a hard "G" when I was young.