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[Rentahamster]

It should be a hard g because jif sounds dumb. And the fact I have to change the spelling to jif so people know the pronunciation shows just how unintuitive it is.

Also if we are treating acronyms like words the fact JIF exists clarifies the pronunciation of the other, as with other words where the only difference between them is the G and the J.

The fact that you jiffers have to spell the thing differently is all the proof needed that its a stupid sounding name and gif is the natural and correct way to say it.

Simplified phonetic spelling has always been around (like, in all the dictionaries) to help unlettered people learn how to read.

 

[Rest]

I say it the way it's spelled.

Caribbean

It seems that almost everything you say could have an avatar quote.

Spoiler

Also, have avatar quotes been banned? I remember reading something about it but it was so long ago...

 

[The One and Done™]

Jiff.

First post wins. Fatality...

 

[Mr.Mike]

I bet all the worst people in history would have pronounced it Jif.

 

[figadapaura]

Simplified phonetic spelling has always been around (like, in all the dictionaries) to help unlettered people learn how to read.

Idk I just assumed all the people in this thread could read. Also in that case, gif has a hard g. Hallelujah, we have a winner.

 

[DemurOnion]

I bet all the worst people in history would have pronounced it Jif.

This is totally possible.

 

[Rentahamster]

Idk I just assumed all the people in this thread could read. Also in that case, gif has a hard g. Hallelujah, we have a winner.

No, it can potentially be either.

 

[figadapaura]

No, it can potentially be either.

If you'd read any of my posts, you'd know that I'm well aware of this.

 

[chadtwo]

Haha, how would you even say it the first way?

 

[figadapaura]

Haha, how would you even say it the first way?

jee if

I think

 

[Kieli]

Hard "G'" folks probably pronounce epitome as "eh-pee-tohm".

 

[Papercuts]

Jif, obviously.

 

[Rentahamster]

If you'd read any of my posts, you'd know that I'm well aware of this.

It was a perfectly valid response to:

Also in that case, gif has a hard g.

 

[Megalosaro]

like the peanut butter

 

[Eusis]

This. Those people (format creators) are all fucking clowns for insisting it be pronounced the same as Jif for some catchy bullshit. Granted language can shift and within the English sphere a lot of things may not make much sense, but that cuts both ways in that presumably most people were saying gif with a hard g for a long thing and think of the format name sounding that way.

 

[Filaipus]

this!

Now really, why would it be Jiff? Why is Girafe pronounced with a "j" sound anyway?

 

[electroflame]

Why is Girafe pronounced with a "j" sound anyway?

It's because of the 'i'.

 

[terrene]

It's immaterial what argument the Jif people put forth. It's even less important what Steve Wilhite has to say - also his file format sucks, and I'm glad that between PNG and WEBM that it is obsolete.

What matters is common usage - which is why we literally have two opposing meanings for the same word which literally makes we want to flay small children.

And you Jif people have lost every poll ever that asked for people's preferred pronunciation, and in overwhelming numbers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/poll-how-do-you-say-gif-8626806.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/15/business/la-fi-tn-gif-jiff-25th-birthday-20120615
http://digixav.com/2012/03/11/gif/
http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/how-do-you-pronounce-gif-does-it-matter/
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=154446111
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1234495

Common usage doesn't favor you - so, sorry, you lose.

This is besides the fact that there's literally another file format called JIF - JPEG Interchange Format.

I think the only reason anyone would want to make a point of going against common usage only to create a homophone with another file format is because they are literally psychopaths. Go eat some fucking peanut butter or something -- unless you write for Slate there is nothing to be gained by being so stupidly contrarian.

 

[hateradio]

It's because of the 'i'.

It's because of its Latin (or Greek) root.

Latin/Greek words with gi/ge are pronounced with a soft g.

However, since English has Germanic roots, some words use a hard g, like gift or get.

That English possess both components, makes ignorant fools quite obvious on in the internet.

GIF/JIF, who cares? I go with the creator and say JIF.

That guy's a try-hard, and you should feel bad for regurgitating this.

 

[Coreda]

also his file format sucks, and I'm glad that between PNG and WEBM that it is obsolete.

Tell that to the 99% of users and sites still using GIF over WebM Long way to go before being obsolete.

 

[Khaz]

GIGABYTE

jeegabyte, not jaygabyte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjCRUvX2D0E

/dʒ/ is the answer.

Or /ʒ/ if you want to sound pedantic

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I do

What are the rules that determine that gif is pronounced jif?

As pointed in the first page, G is hard when before A, O, U, and soft when before I, E, Y. That's the rule. Now, like every grammar rule there plenty of exceptions, but new words should try to stick to the rule.

I bolded an important word for accurate understanding.

 

[Rawket Lawnchair]

Jiff.

One and done in a jiffy.

 

[terrene]

Tell that to the 99% of users and sites still using GIF over WebM Long way to go before being obsolete.

Fine - superseded. The point is, GIFs are shitty and not long for this world.

 

[Khaz]

[edit] let's stop this madness

 

[figadapaura]

It was a perfectly valid response to:

Jokes, mate.

It's immaterial what argument the Jif people put forth. It's even less important what Steve Wilhite has to say - also his file format sucks, and I'm glad that between PNG and WEBM that it is obsolete.

What matters is common usage - which is why we literally have two opposing meanings for the same word which literally makes we want to flay small children.

And you Jif people have lost every poll ever that asked for people's preferred pronunciation, and in overwhelming numbers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/poll-how-do-you-say-gif-8626806.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/15/business/la-fi-tn-gif-jiff-25th-birthday-20120615
http://digixav.com/2012/03/11/gif/
http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/how-do-you-pronounce-gif-does-it-matter/
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=154446111
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1234495

Common usage doesn't favor you - so, sorry, you lose.

This is besides the fact that there's literally another file format called JIF - JPEG Interchange Format.

I think the only reason anyone would want to make a point of going against common usage only to create a homophone with another file format is because they are literally psychopaths. Go eat some fucking peanut butter or something -- unless you write for Slate there is nothing to be gained by being so stupidly contrarian.

Thank you.

 

[Zaptruder]

It's immaterial what argument the Jif people put forth. It's even less important what Steve Wilhite has to say - also his file format sucks, and I'm glad that between PNG and WEBM that it is obsolete.

What matters is common usage - which is why we literally have two opposing meanings for the same word which literally makes we want to flay small children.

And you Jif people have lost every poll ever that asked for people's preferred pronunciation, and in overwhelming numbers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/poll-how-do-you-say-gif-8626806.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/15/business/la-fi-tn-gif-jiff-25th-birthday-20120615
http://digixav.com/2012/03/11/gif/
http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/how-do-you-pronounce-gif-does-it-matter/
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=154446111
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1234495

Common usage doesn't favor you - so, sorry, you lose.

This is besides the fact that there's literally another file format called JIF - JPEG Interchange Format.

I think the only reason anyone would want to make a point of going against common usage only to create a homophone with another file format is because they are literally psychopaths. Go eat some fucking peanut butter or something -- unless you write for Slate there is nothing to be gained by being so stupidly contrarian.

Oh shit son. You straight murdered the opposition. Like, literally ripped their intestines out of their mouths and then hung them with it.

JIF wads, you guys are now corpses hanging off a mexican overpass.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

I say jif.

Even if it was meant to be gif, i'd still say jif because gif sounds incredible dumb.

 

[xyzls]

If its 'gif' or 'jiff', then to be consistent, MMORPG has to be pronounced 'mumorpugher' zeropunctuation style.

 

[AlteredBeast]

It's immaterial what argument the Jif people put forth. It's even less important what Steve Wilhite has to say - also his file format sucks, and I'm glad that between PNG and WEBM that it is obsolete.

What matters is common usage - which is why we literally have two opposing meanings for the same word which literally makes we want to flay small children.

And you Jif people have lost every poll ever that asked for people's preferred pronunciation, and in overwhelming numbers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/poll-how-do-you-say-gif-8626806.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/15/business/la-fi-tn-gif-jiff-25th-birthday-20120615
http://digixav.com/2012/03/11/gif/
http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/how-do-you-pronounce-gif-does-it-matter/
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=154446111
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1234495

Common usage doesn't favor you - so, sorry, you lose.

This is besides the fact that there's literally another file format called JIF - JPEG Interchange Format.

I think the only reason anyone would want to make a point of going against common usage only to create a homophone with another file format is because they are literally psychopaths. Go eat some fucking peanut butter or something -- unless you write for Slate there is nothing to be gained by being so stupidly contrarian.

Should have been the first post. Bravo. I presume due to the correct pronunciation being the overwhelming favorite across the Internet, it won't be long before the false pronunciation is left behind entirely.

 

[DECK'ARD]

It's immaterial what argument the Jif people put forth. It's even less important what Steve Wilhite has to say - also his file format sucks, and I'm glad that between PNG and WEBM that it is obsolete.

What matters is common usage - which is why we literally have two opposing meanings for the same word which literally makes we want to flay small children.

And you Jif people have lost every poll ever that asked for people's preferred pronunciation, and in overwhelming numbers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/poll-how-do-you-say-gif-8626806.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/15/business/la-fi-tn-gif-jiff-25th-birthday-20120615
http://digixav.com/2012/03/11/gif/
http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/how-do-you-pronounce-gif-does-it-matter/
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=154446111
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1234495

Common usage doesn't favor you - so, sorry, you lose.

This is besides the fact that there's literally another file format called JIF - JPEG Interchange Format.

I think the only reason anyone would want to make a point of going against common usage only to create a homophone with another file format is because they are literally psychopaths. Go eat some fucking peanut butter or something -- unless you write for Slate there is nothing to be gained by being so stupidly contrarian.

Well said, jiffers are complete hooligans.

 

[SuperSah]

Gif as in gift.


NeoGAF as in Gag.

 

[OneEightZero]

What I don't understand is why people randomly mention a peanut butter brand when we're talking about gifs. Very worrying.

And yet, you can accurately tie that peanut butter brand to the graphics format. You're breaking apart your own argument.

 

[strafer]

of all things that would pop up on my Twitter feed this made me laugh.

 

[Setsuna]

Its not pronounced anything its an idiom not an acronym

if anything its said as G.I. F

 

[Aceun]

It's both.

Graphics has the hard G sound.

G. I. F. has a J sound and instead of spelling out the letters all the time you shorten it to Jiff.

Tomato. Tomahto.

Also I say both as "bof" so what do I know.

 

[Cheat Code]

Not this shit again.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

It's immaterial what argument the Jif people put forth. It's even less important what Steve Wilhite has to say - also his file format sucks, and I'm glad that between PNG and WEBM that it is obsolete.

What matters is common usage - which is why we literally have two opposing meanings for the same word which literally makes we want to flay small children.

And you Jif people have lost every poll ever that asked for people's preferred pronunciation, and in overwhelming numbers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/poll-how-do-you-say-gif-8626806.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/15/business/la-fi-tn-gif-jiff-25th-birthday-20120615
http://digixav.com/2012/03/11/gif/
http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/how-do-you-pronounce-gif-does-it-matter/
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=154446111
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/22/186031226/gif-talk-do-you-say-it-with-a-g-or-j
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1234495

Common usage doesn't favor you - so, sorry, you lose.

This is besides the fact that there's literally another file format called JIF - JPEG Interchange Format.

I think the only reason anyone would want to make a point of going against common usage only to create a homophone with another file format is because they are literally psychopaths. Go eat some fucking peanut butter or something -- unless you write for Slate there is nothing to be gained by being so stupidly contrarian.

LMAO @ WEBM. you lost already.

jif 4 life.

 

[subrock]

Jiff.

This and O L E D (not oh-led)

 

[AkuMifune]

When you have to write jif to say how you say it, you've already proven you're wrong.

 

[malfcn]

Gift. Without the t.

 

[Acorn]

Jif. If you disagree i will find you and shout jif in your ear - plenty of airmiles

 

[DECK'ARD]

Ugh, bumping this has brought the dirty jiffers out again.