The spelling of "Jim fleeting" can be explained using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcription. "Jim" is spelled as /dʒɪm/, with the letter "j" pronounced as the sound /dʒ/, and the vowel in "Jim" is pronounced as /ɪ/. "Fleeting" is spelled as /ˈfliːtɪŋ/, with the final "g" being silent. The vowel in "fleeting" is pronounced as /iː/ and the two consonants in the middle, "t" and "n", are pronounced distinctly without blending together. Together, the full word is pronounced as /dʒɪm ˈfliːtɪŋ/.