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Is it 'g'if, gif or jif?
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Captain Europe
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The people saying jif are totes wrong.
figadapaura
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Yeah, if English had no rules, you might be on to something.
Also this pretty much proves exactly why G and J aren't interchangeable.
Hours Left
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What's the last word that is a part of the common global vernacular that has changed pronunciation in this modern age? Especially one that's an acronym.
Almost all of those changes you refer to are due to the effects of different dialects and regional colloquialisms, and those types of changes are dying out due to how interconnected the world is now.
As you said, there are no rules. So we can trade talking points all day long. People will still say whatever they want, and it won't matter. I personally think that it's jif, because the person who coined it says jif. It's his thing. A jif sounding thing. And that's how I feel.
It's also just more fun to say jif. It's so smooth, like peanut butter.
This post is first because it's right.
Jit on my level
Jiff sounds less foreign, I much prefer it
figadapaura
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What's the last word that is a part of the common global vernacular that has changed pronunciation in this modern age? Especially one that's an acronym.
Almost all of those changes you refer to are due to the effects of different dialects and regional colloquialisms, and those types of changes are dying out due to how interconnected the world is now.
As you said, there are no rules. So we can trade talking points all day long. People will still say whatever they want, and it won't matter. I personally think that it's jif, because the person who coined it says jif. It's his thing. A jif sounding thing. And that's how I feel.
Do you just mean English? Idk about most recent, but what about the word often? The pronunciation has changed because of the spelling. I don't know who coined it and it doesn't matter. That's just one example. And it doesn't matter that it's an acronym since it's commonly used as a full word. Most people don't even know that scuba is an acronym.
People can say what they want, but I'm still gonna say jif sounds dumb.
angular graphics
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Yes.
ShironRedshift
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Coreda
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Hey now, I've kept several friends entertained at once retelling some of my crazy dreams.
toastyToast
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IT'S GIF
JEE I EFF
JEE I EFF
It's jif but I say gif, forever and ever!
What are the rules that determine that gif is pronounced jif?
Also jif sounds too much like yiff, which is what furries call having sex. And the less I can be reminded of furries the better.
What are the rules that determine that gif is pronounced jif?
Shin Kojima
Banned
Exactly this, thanks.
ReplacementPelican
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Dorimukyasuto
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how often do you use the term gif in day to day speaking, anyway?
#team gif as in gift tho
PapaJustify
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With a hard g as in "graphics". Because that is where it originates from.
Colorful Vocabulary
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gif sounds like "give"
As in gif up the these other pronunciation charades
As in gif up the these other pronunciation charades
It seems as though we will never agree on anything, my dear Plywood
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Graphics Interchange Format
How do you say Graphics?
It's guraffiks Not Jurafiks
its GIF not JIF
Lords of the rings dwarf is not called Jilmey
A man who wears all leather and partakes in kinky sex isnt a Jimp
You don't give someone a Jift
Harry potter isn't from Jryffindor
How do you say Graphics?
It's guraffiks Not Jurafiks
jurafiks park
its GIF not JIF
Lords of the rings dwarf is not called Jilmey
A man who wears all leather and partakes in kinky sex isnt a Jimp
You don't give someone a Jift
Harry potter isn't from Jryffindor
PapaJustify
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"Whynotboth.jif"
rudieboy77
Member
How do you pronounce Geoffrey?
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
As if we need more reasons to say jif instead of gif, jif is also less work for your mouth.
Thanks for summarizing all the invalid arguments in one post.
Thanks for summarizing all the invalid arguments in one post.
Bjoern the Smexy
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GIF is short for Graphics Interchange Format.
Hard G it is.
Or do you say Jraphics?
Hard G it is.
Or do you say Jraphics?
Jiffers are as bad as people who say nitch. With niche there is quiche to point to for the correct pronunciation.
With GIF there is gift to point to and also words where a change in the first letter matches the correct pronunciation.
Golly / Jolly
Giggle / Jiggle
GIF / JIF
Jiffers are wrong and the creator is a cantankerous old swine.
With GIF there is gift to point to and also words where a change in the first letter matches the correct pronunciation.
Golly / Jolly
Giggle / Jiggle
GIF / JIF
Jiffers are wrong and the creator is a cantankerous old swine.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Think about the underlying rule you are invoking. Realize it doesn't exist. Despair in your illiteracy.
Now it's about having "things to point to"? Jesus Christ that's now how pronunciation works.
I have to hand it to the hard-G contingent, they aren't short on creativity.
This is my go-to argument, and I agree with you, but do we pronounce the A in NATO like we do the A in Atlantic?
This.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
If you know it's wrong why is it your go-to argument? It only requires one example to demonstrate that the proposed rule is false.
figadapaura
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There aren't any. Both are correct (or not wrong), one just sounds dumber than the other. That one being jif. Ffs.
figadapaura
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Please provide an argument for jif. I'm yet to see a good one.
JIF exists, so GIF is a hard G.
Unless you want to go around telling people to pronounce golly and jolly, giggle and jiggle, the same way. The creator just wants to watch the world burn.
You are probably one of those dirty people who say nitch.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
figadapaura
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I just wanted to point out that this is bollocks. I don't know how you're saying either, but it's probably wrong.
The pronunciations of words isn't up to the coiner. I don't care what the creator said, he isn't a linguist.
How many f'ing times? There is no rule in English that says that a hard or soft G should go before the letter I. I could point to gift as proof that jif is wrong.
mugurumakensei
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Jif like Gin except with a f instead of a n.
Beermeister
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GIF = Graphics Interchange Format.
Hard G it is.
Hard G it is.
Gift is a lot closer than giraffe.
The creator is power-crazed after JIF failed as a file-format, but the existence of that clarifies the pronunciation of the other.
Jiffers need a good slap.
Delicious Waffles
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