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[Karkador]

Soft-G is more fun. What if I WANT it to sound like "Giraffics"? That sounds awesome.

 

[UberTag]

If he wanted it to be pronounced "jif", he should have fucking called it JIF.

But then he would have been sued by a peanut butter company for trademark infringement.

 

[velociraptor]

If gif is actually jif then NeoGAF is actually NeoJAF.

 

[StoneFox]

Gif is pronounced Jif.

The argument "but it stands for graphical!" holds no water when the P in JPEG stands for Photographic and no one pronounces it Jpheg.

The creator is always right.

 

[The Auxiliary]

I say jif. But ever since I started watching Gintama, being aquainted with the name "Gin" has made me switch back and forth between gif and jif.

 

[cyba89]

It's If. The G is silent.

 

[Camwi]

Well that changes my views. I am sworn to think the opposite of Chris Hardwick.

If anything this convinces me it's pronounced literally any other way besides "gif".

Man, what's up with the Hardwick hate? He's a lovely man.

 

[Luminaire]

Are we splitting the timeline again?

 

[Fury451]

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.

 

[Anoregon]

The creator is always right.

Well this is just nonsense in any context.

It's even more nonsense when the creator is trying to push shitty puns. Hard G till the day I die.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

I..feel like those two things don't correlate.

yea..that did escalate quite rapidly.

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

Team Choosy moms.

That's all I can think about when I hear Jif.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LOT78zhA5w

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Chris Hardwick already settled this shit.

Hardwick finally using his powers for good.

 

[shiftplusone]

JIF is peanut butter.

GIF is file type.

sometimes a word is more than 1 thing

Gif is pronounced Jif.

The argument "but it stands for graphical!" holds no water when the P in JPEG stands for Photographic and no one pronounces it Jpheg.

The creator is always right.

 

[Alucard]

Hard G for life.

 

[Pyramid head]

It absolutely doesn't matter what the creator wants. If I name my son 'Jordon' but I spell it 'Gordon', he'll be spending the the rest of his life constantly saying, "because my Dad's a prick, that's why."

 

[iNvid02]

its graphics interchange format, it was, is and always will be GIF with a hard G

 

[muteki]

Choosey programmers choose Jif.

 

[Anoregon]

Choosey programmers choose Jif.

This is exactly why it's pronounced with a hard G. I can't in good conscience support that kind of shit.

 

[Fou-Lu]

Hard g because it doesn't sound stupid and was how almost everyone said it until Wilhite went and ruined everything.

 

[dehydratedbabies]

I'm a hard G and I always will be.

 

[billeh]

It's a soft G, and the dress is blue and black.

 

[Septimus Prime]

Soft G. I don't care how many jraphics and images you post.

Spoiler

No, hard G. Soft G is stupid and only applies if you have a grade school level understanding of English and its alleged rules.

EDIT:

and the dress is blue and black.

White and gold.

 

[HUELEN10]

Wait, some people DON'T pronounce it as GIEF, like strife or fife withe a G huh sound at the start?

 

[Hilbert]

I say Gee-if

Spoiler

alright, that's a lie. I use a hard g.

 

[Volcane]

My prefer to pronounce it w-e-b-m, WebM.

I pronounce them like webbum.

 

[Sephzilla]

webm's are now wee-bums

 

[Dongs Macabre]

It's a hard G like NeoGAF and Imgur

 

[Ran rp]

the op is literally just a tumblr post

 

[Summer Haze]

GIF is an abbreviation, so the comparison to words such as Giraffe or Gin doesn't apply. And seeing as the first letter in that abbreviation stands for 'Graphics', I'mma say it with a hard G.

 

[riotous]

But Graphics...

Acronyms often don't use the same pronunciation as the separate words use.

In fact they rarely do.

GIF is an abbreviation, so the comparison to words such as Giraffe or Gin doesn't apply. And seeing as the first letter in that abbreviation stands for 'Graphics', I'mma say it with a hard G.

That is not anywhere close to a rule.

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

 

[sixteen-bit]

pronounce it whichever

 

[Veritigo_X]

the op is literally just a tumblr post

Most of his OPs are reddit posts so it's par for the course.

 

[Metal-Geo]

It's been a while since we've had this discussion on NeoJeff.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

The first time I saw .gif, I pronounced it with a soft-G, and that works for me.

 

[MogCakes]

Oxford says both pronunciations are acceptable btw

Spoiler

I love my peanut butter format and I will never say 'giff'

 

[Plywood]

Giraffe
Gin
Creator says jif

So triple fuck anyone who says otherwise, it's jif.

 

[billeh]

Giraffe
Gin
Creator says jif

So triple fuck anyone who says otherwise, it's jif.

Bu bu bu it's an abbreviation we've been using like a word for 30 years!

 

[Shuggananas]

whatever OP, I'll keep saying gif like in zangief, deal with it

 

[inner-G]

It's an acronym, it's a hard G.

As long as me and other graphic designers keep it up we will win this war

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

The first time I saw .gif, I pronounced it with a soft-G, and that works for me.

Yup.
Giraffe.
Giant.
Gif.

 

[Anoregon]

whatever OP, I'll keep saying gif like in zangief, deal with it

Zane-jiff is my favorite mortal kombat character!

 

[Pegosaurus]

i will fight and die for my brothers and sisters who say gif with a hard g

 

[onadesertedisland]

It's a dumb argument, but if you dig your heels in by exaggerating the pronunciation as "giff", I assume you are OCD.

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

Uhmm, Graphics is pronounced "Ja" - "Grip" - "ics" in the original language, so the correct pronounciation is Jif.



Origin of the word;

1630-40; < Latin jgraphicus of painting or drawing < Greek jgraphikós able to draw or paint, equivalent to jgráph (ein) to draw, write + -ikos -ic; cognate with carve

So you see, the word Graphics is supposed to be spelled with J.

Spoiler

:trollface:

 

[Bobby Roberts]

2013 was apparently a very big year for this "debate" here on GAF

"White House finally settles gif debate"

"Gif Creator: Pronounced jif. End of story"

"People who pronounce gif as jif"

Topic got so feisty that year that a thread completely unrelated to the "debate" (it was supposed to be about the gametrailers documentary on GAF) ended up becoming a 20 page slobberknocker over the pronunciation.

 

[Professor Renegade]

 

[Luminaire]

Giraffe
Gin
Creator says jif

So triple fuck anyone who says otherwise, it's jif.

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."

 

[Altazor]

Hard G, motherfuckers.

Unless it's Giraffics Interchange Format. Which it isn't.

 

[Pegosaurus]

It's a hard G like NeoGAF and Imgur

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