hey_it's_that_dog
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This argument doesn't hold up to even the slightest scrutiny and everyone who uses it should be put in an internment camp.
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Obama makes hard decision in the all-important .gif pronunciation debate
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This argument doesn't hold up to even the slightest scrutiny and everyone who uses it should be put in an internment camp.
FunkyMunkey
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Choosy developers choose it.
If they're using this in the 80s or early 90s anyway.
My first reaction to gaol is to interpret that as hard g. Like a wolf among sheep... that's about to get awfully drunk.
And of course with a soft J it sounds like jail to me, and now I know gaol is the british spelling of jail. So now we have the defense that going with a hard g is the American way.
Messypandas
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You don't pronounce acronyms necessarily based on the words they represent.
In fact, you rarely do, if so it's usually coincidence. An acronym stands on it's own.
Words like gin or gist are why some people come up with "JIF" in their head when pronouncing the acronym.
Soodanim
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The same way. I know people like to say "gooey", but I just can't do it. I feel like I'm a Hollywood impression of a tech guy when I say it. CSI didn't help the matter with that scene.
I do say HUD as a word though.
Same. I suppose it's because Hud more readily plays the part of a word than Gui and Sql do.
Yeah, SQL and GUI just lend themselves better to being said out to me (especially SQL, there's two vowels in GUI!) and stuff like HUD seems better just said. I dunno, acronym treatment can be odd.
evil solrac v3.0
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I pronounce it like the creator says it.
speculawyer
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The answer is that the language is what survives. Language literally evolves. Right now, I guess both are viewed as acceptable.
But the majority in various polls seems to be hard-G gif. I suspect that will eventually win out.
I think hard G is better because saying jif is a homonym of Jif, the peanut butter. There is no world 'gif' so there is less aliasing. And the closest other word is 'gift' so why not just say 'gift' without the 't' at the end. Simple. And although there are many words that start with 'g' which use the 'j' sound, most use the hard-'g' sound.
But the majority in various polls seems to be hard-G gif. I suspect that will eventually win out.
I think hard G is better because saying jif is a homonym of Jif, the peanut butter. There is no world 'gif' so there is less aliasing. And the closest other word is 'gift' so why not just say 'gift' without the 't' at the end. Simple. And although there are many words that start with 'g' which use the 'j' sound, most use the hard-'g' sound.
And this is why .webm is superior.
MrSaturn99
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This was a debate?
You Are Viewtiful
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The G in Benghazi? Ghif? Interesting turn of events.
For those who don't know, the gh in Benghazi is pronounced more like the French R or a Greek KH than anything like a hard G sound. It is like kh but more g-ish.
For those who don't know, the gh in Benghazi is pronounced more like the French R or a Greek KH than anything like a hard G sound. It is like kh but more g-ish.
But is it pronounced Web-M, or webbum?
speculawyer
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This is the fifth page of this thread . . . and it is not like the first thread on the topic.
MrSaturn99
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News to me.
Wolf Dawgz
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I just say the letters individually, like I do with GAF.
mugurumakensei
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FTFY.
Thatonemoor
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Good! Get that peanut butter crap out of here.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
I liked this post even though your ".Jov" thing is an example of illiteracy and wrongness.
You can't have two words that sound the same but mean different things! Everyone knows that!
speculawyer
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Please explain.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Still making terrible decisions
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
speculawyer
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Bugs should be on the Hard G side because Daffy is the one who has trouble talking.
the cake is fake
Banned
tru dat
Wolfe
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People honestly say gooey? LOL
Necromanti
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I'm not American, but I shed a tear of distilled pride.
غف؟ غيف؟
You Are Viewtiful
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Government from the French gouvernement. In French the rules are pretty clear, G after i, e or y makes a J sound. Anything else makes a hard G sound. Same goes for C in a k/s debate, which is why the letter ç exists.
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VanquishUK
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Fixed. Come on man.
mugurumakensei
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Huh, you just explained why bugs would be on the soft g side.
Hours Left
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Hasn't he frequently said how non tech savvy he is? Hard G, the choice of a generation left behind.
Michelle says Jif for sure. #MichelleForPrez
Michelle says Jif for sure. #MichelleForPrez
The Faceless Master
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he also calls whistleblowers 'traitors'
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