Support NeoGAF

[MikeTheSponge]

It's WebM.

This

Also, relevant, because I got nothing else to do.

Some webm I made of the Wii Rider game.

 

[git|rbug]

You're a good man pirate, Guardian.

#TeamHardG

I always thought it was G as in Gnome.....

 

[DoktorEvil]

It's WebM...also mmm peanut butter I gotta make some more peanut butter squares...

YO I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER!

Pls send some up to the Northeast

 

[croten]

It's gif with hard G.

Jif just makes me hungry.

The creators call it Jiff but they can go fuck themselves for all I care.

It's Giff. GGGGGGiff

 

[git|rbug]

also, I would like to have on record that starting this discussion was NOT my intention!


please have mercy

 

[GuardianE]

You're a good man pirate, Guardian.

#TeamHardG

Gatdamnit.

While there is not yet a hard and fast rule about a "G" before an "I", I submit to you that the pronunciation of a consonant is generally determined by the vowel sound that follows. This is why I find the "giraffe" argument unconvincing, and the "gift" argument more relevant. The "ir" in "giraffe" has a fused sound, like "er". Which is also why people pronounce "Germany" the way that they do.

I also contend that just because the creator erroneously pronounces it "jif" proves nothing. He coined the initial term and created the file format, but that doesn't mean he owns the word.

 

[Alfebit]

I always thought it was G as in Gnome.....

So pronounced "if"?

The creators call it Jiff but they can go fuck themselves for all I care.

It's Giff. GGGGGGiff

Yup it's graphics not jraphics

 

[JoJo94]

YO I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER!

Pls send some up to the Northeast

...Never...

Edit:it means I can't

 

[wamberz1]

Gotta go with the president on the gif debate.
http://news.yahoo.com/-this-is-how-president-obama-pronounces--gif-153554734.html

 

[DoktorEvil]

nerd lol

The creators call it Jiff but they can go fuck themselves for all I care.

It's Giff. GGGGGGiff

Gatdamnit.

While there is not yet a hard and fast rule about a "G" before an "I", I submit to you that the pronunciation of a consonant is generally determined by the vowel sound that follows. This is why I find the "giraffe" argument unconvincing, and the "gift" argument more relevant. The "ir" in "giraffe" has a fused sound, like "er". Which is also why people pronounce "Germany" the way that they do.

I also contend that just because the creator erroneously pronounces it "jif" proves nothing. He coined the initial term and created the file format, but that doesn't mean he owns the word.

How exactly can you be erroneous if you create the term lol

 

[PfantzyPantz]

This

Also, relevant, because I got nothing else to do.

Some webm I made of the Wii Rider game.

Magnificent, and I'm a G gif guy, though I don't know when one would need to actually say it out loud.

 

[Aramiyo]

Some webm I made of the Wii Rider game.

Ooh, Super Climax Heroes. I've got that, very fun game.

There'll never be a Super Climax Heroes FNF

 

[ExVicis]

So with the website all well and good now...where's the rest of that Super Best Friends Metal Gear Solid 4 ? It was just too one of the best parts, c'mon I need it!

 

[GuardianE]

How exactly can you be erroneous if you create the term lol

Because he created the phrase Graphic Interchange Format, not the abbreviation. Also, all of my other points still stand. The creator of the gif format is not a linguist.

 

[Snapshot King]

nerd lol

How exactly can you be erroneous if you create the term lol

Language is fluid. It's a living creature.

 

[JoJo94]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wcGAG_Zgok&channel=Nintendo

don't know if this was posted before but...Ruto

Also GrammarGaf

 

[GlassEmpires]

woah now.

I'll say it again.

Spoiler

I'm glad Kamina is six feet under the motherfuckin' Earth.

 

[Mr.Towel]

Language is fluid. It's a living creature.

Oh hey Pat.

 

[JoJo94]

Language is fluid. It's a living creature.

Welcome to the new thread Pat...sorry things were crazy in the beginning.

 

[DoktorEvil]

Because he created the phrase Graphic Interchange Format, not the abbreviation. Also, all of my other points still stand.

Can't it be whatever people want it to be? Like the legend of Woolie?

So with the website all well and good now...where's the rest of that Super Best Friends Metal Gear Solid 4 ? It was just too one of the best parts, c'mon I need it!

I think they're hesitant to do it because of issues from Konami with LPs, although I really want to hear what they thought about

Spoiler

going back to Shadow Moses Island

.

Dem Feels!

Language is fluid. It's a living creature.

HI PAT! Welcome to your creation.

Can't it be whatever people want it to be? Like the legend of Woolie?

 

[Snapshot King]

Found this in Botchamania. What a fantastic shoot.

http://youtu.be/JY9BXOcmnWw

EDIT: Starts at 1:30.

 

[GuardianE]

Can't it be whatever people want it to be? Like the legend of Woolie?

No, because languages have rules. It's the same reason why I don't walk into a bar and ask for a "beh-er".

 

[Aramiyo]

Language is fluid. It's a living creature.

Pat has arrived! Hail to the King.

Jiff is correct though. I don't say AM as "Ah Muh" or PM as "Puh Muh" just because the A stands for Ante, the P stands for Post and the M stands for Meridiem.

 

[Snapshot King]

Pat has arrived! Hail to the King.

Jiff is correct though. I don't say AM as "Ah Muh" or PM as "Puh Muh" just because the A stands for Ante, the P stands for Post and the M stands for Meridiem.

Too bad. For new terms, whichever version gains widespread acceptance first is the real term. No one can come in 10 years afterwards and say too bad you've been saying it wrong, it's out of their hands.

 

[GuardianE]

Pat has arrived! Hail to the King.

Jiff is correct though. I don't say AM as "Ah Muh" or PM as "Puh Muh" just because the A stands for Ante, the P stands for Post and the M stands for Meridiem.

What does that have to do with anything? That would only apply if you actually said "Am" instead of A.M. You don't... say Am instead of A.M., do you?

And even if you did, it's not particularly relevant because there's more than just the "GRaphic" argument that lends itself to the hard G.

 

[DoktorEvil]

No, because languages have rules. It's the same reason why I don't walk into a bar and ask for a "beh-er".

My friend, you haven't been to a Northeast bar, especially in Bahh-stan. (boston)

 

[GuardianE]

My friend, you haven't been to a Northeast bar, especially in Bahh-stan. (boston)

There's a difference between pronunciation and an accent.

 

[Aramiyo]

Too bad. For new terms, whichever version gains widespread acceptance first is the real term. No one can come in 10 years afterwards and say too bad you've been saying it wrong, it's out of their hands.

I've heard jif and gif equally though, I wouldn't say one is particularly more often used.

 

[PfantzyPantz]

You people weren't kidding when you brought up Gif topics as being controversial.

 

[Khronico]

I don't think I could be friends with people who pronounced gif 'jif'.

 

[wamberz1]

I don't think I could be friends with people who pronounced gif 'jif'.

Agreed. If you do so you are dead to me.

 

[croten]

Guys, not to de-rail this thread too much but I just made Ice tea.

By myself.

Without setting my house on fire.

I'm really impressed with myself

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

I'm so glad Pat was the one to bring wrestling discussion to the thread. Poor Scott couldn't say his words a few times and I don't mean the censorship.

 

[mrhej]

I don't think I could be friends with people who pronounced gif 'jif'.

At least we're not calling memes "me-me" because I know people who do that.

 

[Snapshot King]

I'm so glad Pat was the one to bring wrestling discussion to the thread. Poor Scott couldn't say his words a few times and I don't mean the censorship.

Oh yeah, Scotts brain falls apart sometimes, but calling Flair out for getting Austin fired and Stealing Buddy Rogers' gimmick is just fantastic.

 

[Alfebit]

Guys, not to de-rail this thread too much but I just made Ice tea.

By myself.

Without setting my house on fire.

I'm really impressed with myself

You deserve this.

 

[Aramiyo]

At least we're not calling memes "me-me" because I know people who do that.

Yeah. We all know it's pronounced "may-may"

 

[SolidSnakesMyStepDad]

I don't think I could be friends with people who pronounced gif 'jif'.

It's physically impossible.

 

[ExVicis]

I don't think I could be friends with people who pronounced gif 'jif'.

I am, it's not fun. Pretty sure he does it to annoy me.

 

[Loco4Coco]

Yugioh talk now?

 

[croten]

You deserve this.

Thank you Thank you. I'll accept my nobel peace prize tomorrow

 

[Alfebit]

Yugioh talk now?

Nice eyepatch. Let the peer pressure consume you.

 

[PfantzyPantz]

Yugioh talk now?

Was your eye taken in a shadow duel?

 

[Aramiyo]

Yugioh talk now?

Better than this stupid topic. There are people actually get mad about this heh.

Dark Magician Girl is best card.

 

[ExVicis]

Guys, not to de-rail this thread too much but I just made Ice tea.

By myself.

Without setting my house on fire.

I'm really impressed with myself

 

[Mr.Towel]

Yugioh talk now?

Beginning and end of my Yugioh knowledge:

Spoiler

Kuriboh

 

[Snapshot King]

Man that Lambo video by Vitaly makes me want to jump out a window. Faith in humanity is depleting.

 

[mrhej]

Yugioh talk now?

The show is pretty good and by show I mean the abridged series.

 

[wamberz1]

The show is pretty good and by show I mean the abridged series.

I was about to say my knowledge begins and ends with abridged references.

Spoiler

BURN THE WITCH

 

[ExVicis]

Yugioh talk now?

Yooooougi boy!