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[Khalifa Jayy]

technically the correct pronunciation of imgur is with a soft g

it's supposed to be to the effect of "image-er"

i'll never say it like that though

How the hell else are you pronouncing Imgur (Imager)?

I'm-gurr?
Ihm-gurr?

 

[kewlmyc]

Gif it is for me.

 

[SJRB]

People who pronounce it "jif" should have all their voting privileges revoked.

 

[Dongs Macabre]

technically the correct pronunciation of imgur is with a soft g

it's supposed to be to the effect of "image-er"

i'll never say it like that though

imager is silly

im-grr for life

 

[snacknuts]

JIF, and I won't entertain arguments to the contrary.

 

[KevinCow]

I prefer jif. Hard G just sounds weird to me.

 

[John Kowalski]

who gives a shit

 

[Lys Skygge]

I've pronounced it with a soft g for as long as I can remember. I always thought pronouncing it with a hard g sounded stupid.

 

[Pejo]

Why don't we use gyro as an example and pronounce it "Hif"?

Spoiler

Hard G all day.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Soft G is correct. Hard G is for those are clearly trying to compensate for something. Also, what the letter in abbreviations stand for very rarely affects pronunciation.
The 'A' in laser doesn't sound anything like the 'A' in amplification. The 'P' in JPEG is not silent. PNG has an implied 'I'.

 

[José Mourinho]

Fun fact, gib, as in "ludicrous gibs" is pronounced "jibs" as it's short for giblets.

As for "gif" or "jif", well. War never changes.

The name Gibb, as in Barry Gibb is pronounced with a hard G. *shrugs*

 

[onadesertedisland]

Is there any word that has "gif" as a single syllable?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Is there any word that has "gif" as a single syllable?

Gift.

 

[Septimus Prime]

who jives a shit

People do.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Is there any word that has "gif" as a single syllable?

closest word to gif is gin.

 

[inm8num2]

I've always said 'gif' with a hard G, and I'll keep doing that.

 

[TheGamingBox]

Soft G is correct. Hard G is for those are clearly trying to compensate for something. Also, what the letter in abbreviations stand for very rarely affects pronunciation.
The 'A' in laser doesn't sound anything like the 'A' in amplification. The 'P' in JPEG is not silent. PNG has an implied 'I'.

so do you pronounce gift with a soft G?

 

[onadesertedisland]

Gift.

No. That syllable is the word itself.

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

If Guido van Rossum told everyone that Python was supposed to be called Rattlesnake, I'd still call it Python.

 

[klaushm]

You've gone this far. Now, fully embrace your madness and pronounce every 'Gi' as a J.

"I have a 750 jigabyte hard drive."
"I'm looking to buy her a birthday jift."
"Waggle is just a jimmick."
"Why yes, I do like jirls."

Isn't Gigabyte meant to be read as jiga(soft g)?

 

[Summer Haze]

That is not anywhere close to a rule.

Think up some acronyms and count how many use the pronunciation of the separate words.

I wasn't being serious, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Still...hard G all day errrday.

 

[mugurumakensei]

so do you pronounce gift with a soft G?

Do you pronounce gin with a hard g? Is this Bleach?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

That syllable is the word itself.

It's a word that has gif as a single syllable. Dunno why it wouldn't count.

 

[Kinyou]

Another reason to make that WebM jump

 

[Shuggananas]

How the hell else are you pronouncing Imgur (Imager)?

I'm-gurr?
Ihm-gurr?

I just pronounce it image your

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Another reason to make that WebM jump

We're not ready for that, either.

 

[klaushm]

People, come on.
Is just a word.

You can spell GIF as a hard g or you could spell it wrong.
It's your choice and it's fine.

 

[Pegosaurus]

How the hell else are you pronouncing Imgur (Imager)?

I'm-gurr?
Ihm-gurr?

imager is silly

im-grr for life

i say it like that

saying "imjur" just sounds even more stupid to me

 

[subrock]

Jiff and Imjur come at me

 

[Kinyou]

We're not ready for that, either.

Goddamn it.

 

[Pegosaurus]

It's a word that has gif as a single syllable. Dunno why it wouldn't count.

i think he meant with the letters -gif- as their own syllable. Gift has the t tacked on and you can't separated it.

To my knowledge no word has gif as a single syllable

 

[Summer Haze]

Joddamn it.

Fixed.

 

[klaushm]

i say it like that

saying "imjur" just sounds even more stupid to me

The pronnunciation is Image-er.
I always called it Image-you-are. Will try to change from now on.

 

[MogCakes]

i think he meant with the letters -gif- as their own syllable. Jift has the t tacked on and you can't separated it.

To my knowledge no word has gif as a single syllable

.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

i think he meant with the letters -gif- as their own syllable. Gift has the t tacked on and you can't separated it.

To my knowledge no word has gif as a single syllable

ungifted.

not sure why the distinction needs to be made in the first place, though. A word with a single syllable that has the "gif" sound in it: Gift. I'd imagine in more than a few regions, the t is pronounced so softly as to barely be there, if not absent entirely, essentially rendering the word "gif" anyway.

also, Scrabble Word Finders are great for these kinds of questions, apparently:

http://www.scrabble-word-finder.com/words-with-gif.html

There are a couple multisyllable words in here with "gif" as a single syllable. Some of those words pronounce it hard G, some pronounce it soft g.

 

[Luminaire]

Isn't Gigabyte meant to be read as jiga(soft g)?

I can't say I've ever heard anyone say it like that.

 

[Kibbles]

Emperor Obama already ruled it a hard g

 

[MogCakes]

dat double title change

 

[Brakke]

Here's the thing about this one. It doesn't matter how to pronounce .gif because you only need to pronounce it if you're talking about .gifs out loud. Which. Why the fuck are you doing that? Don't talk about the Internet out in the world. Talk about something interesting.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Maybe we can all compromise and pronounce it with a normal g instead of a hard or soft g. I think that's fair.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Its a hard G. Fuck you Cliffy B.

 

[Pyramid head]

Isn't Gigabyte meant to be read as jiga(soft g)?

If that were the case, then it would be abbriviated to 'jigs', which would be retarded, just like jif.

 

[dreams]

Soft G is correct. Hard G is for those are clearly trying to compensate for something. Also, what the letter in abbreviations stand for very rarely affects pronunciation.
The 'A' in laser doesn't sound anything like the 'A' in amplification. The 'P' in JPEG is not silent. PNG has an implied 'I'.

Man, I've always pronounced "PNG" as "pee - en - gee"

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Thanks for jiving us this jift, OP.

 

[jediyoshi]

It's very fitting for this thread's OP to be a tumblr screencap.

 

[Macka]

The creator is clearly just trolling.

 

[Pillville]

who gives a shit

who jives a shit


say it right!

 

[Dice//]

Yay I was right about a thing!

Growing up in an era without videogame voice acting, this is a triumph.

 

[Anoregon]

We need one of the mods who isn't a lunatic to fix the title I'm so scared

edit: I am ok with the Berenstein version. Best timeline.

 

[Veritigo_X]

I'm actually cool with pronouncing GIF as Berenstein. I hope it catches on. Let's celebrate by posting your favorite Berenstein.