I will face Jod and walk backward into hell before I say "jiff"
42 0 ReplyClearly you're not a choosy mom.
9 0 ReplyPlebe moms choose ghif.
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How do you say gin or giraffe? Or literally the letter G?
5 0 ReplyI pronounce them like Gin and Giraffe
2 0 Replygift: (do u say jift)
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Like the G in "gigantic".
27 0 ReplyAnd "gigolo."
9 0 ReplyFun random fact: the portmanteau word "ginormous" dates to WWII RAF slang.
3 0 ReplyI did not realise until now that "ginormous" is a portmanteau
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and the letter 'G'
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Jraphic interface format really sounds right /s
26 0 ReplyRight, because Gs are never pronounced with a "J" sound, and acronyms are never pronounced differently than their full terms. Sound logic there; well done. Never mind any of these:
NASA- National Aeronautics Space Uhdministration
NATO- North Ayy-tlantic Treaty Organization
LASER- Light Ayy-mplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
SCUBA- Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus
FOMO- Fear ohhf missing ohht
ASAP- Ayys soon ayys possible
POC- People ohhf solor
PIN- Personal id-entification number
BOGO- Buy ohhn get ohhn
POTUS- President ohhf the Uhhnited States
YOLO- You only live ohhnce
AWOL- Ayy-bsent without awfficial leave
ICE- Eyemmigration and Sustoms Enforcement
DARE- Drug Ayybuse Resistance Education
28 0 ReplyNASA - National Ah-ronautics and Space Uh-dministration
LASER - Light Ay-mplification by Ztimulated Eh-mission of Radiation
ICE - Eye-mmigration and Sustoms -nforcement (E is silent)
DARE - Drug Ay-buse Resistance -ducation (ditto)
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Let me just get my Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus ready /s
26 0 ReplyNational Aeronautics and Space Uhdministration /s
10 0 ReplyI think it's because words that end with sa, have that uh sound. Like Medusa, salsa, mesa, mimosa
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Light aimplification by ztimulated emission of radiation just has a nice ring to it /s
4 0 ReplyI believe that's "uhmission"
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oh that's easy, it's "dot gif"
19 0 ReplyYiff
15 0 ReplyUm, I don't know how to tell you, but that means a wiiiildly different thing. 🤣
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Why do people have to pronounced it in any way? Why not say G-I-F? I've been saying it like that since before I knew about the huge debate💀
15 0 ReplyBecause that's 3 syllables instead of 1. Ain't nobody got time for that!
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It's actually pronounced yif
13 0 ReplyI was devastated to learn the creators intended it to be pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter brand
13 0 ReplyYeah, because it's a jraphical interface format.
13 0 ReplySo do you say j-feg? Because the p stands for photographic
22 0 ReplyOne of the common nonsensical arguments heard. What's the next one?
7 0 ReplyGiraffical
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One of the few times I don't care what the creator says, he was wrong.
12 0 ReplyAnd yet your mind knows it's not possible for him to be wrong since he named it.
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Me too. I feel like no one pronounced it jif before they said that, and now we have to have an eternal debate over it
5 0 ReplyI say dʒɪf, but the way the person who invented it wants you to say it is a really dumb basis for how something is pronounced, imo.
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Gif, the jift that keeps on jivving.
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12 0 ReplyWe all know it's pronounced "gif".
8 0 ReplyYeah with the g like in garage.
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I take the third route and pronounce it Heef, as in Spanish
12 0 ReplyPronounced it as a soft g in my head the first time I read it, and years later the creator said it was meant to be a soft g, so I feel validated.
When you create an image format, name it whatever you want and if it's any good and I use it, I'll call it what you want
11 0 ReplyYoofo :(
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whichever way pisses off the most people
watch me pronounce it /χäɪf/ ("hyfe")
9 0 ReplyIsn't that one of Elon Muskrat's kids?
11 0 ReplyWhen I want to be annoying (and when the people I'm talking to are aware of furries), I pronounce it 'yiff'
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Some say gif, others say gif. The people saying gif are correct.
8 0 ReplyYa damn giraffe-loving gifter
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ʒaɪf
rhymes with "knife"
8 0 Reply"I'm not brave enough for politics."
Immediately makes a hot take.
8 0 ReplyThat's the plan. Always has been.
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“The correct way, of course.”
7 0 Replythe correct answer is hard-g soft-g ee ef ef: ggi F.F.
6 0 ReplyWhatever causes the asker to have the biggest breakdown at the time!
"4G-LTE"? Well that's 'Forgull'ty'
5 0 ReplyReminds me of "L‘mao" and "C‘tryl“
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Hard G. It's “Graphics Interchange Format”, not “Jraphics Interchange Format”.
5 0 ReplyTry to pronounce the letter G. What does it sound like? Hard or soft G?
Now, while pronouncing "G", close your lips to make the sound "G-if".
There you have it, how to pronounce "Gif".
Ps: honestly, That just popped up in my head a moment ago and I'm just trying to troll, wholeheartedly I believe it is hard-G as in Graphics.
4 0 ReplyTry to pronounce the letter G. What does it sound like? Hard or soft G?
According to wikipedia the phonetic usage includes:
[g] [d͡ʒ] [ʒ] [ŋ] [j] [ɣ~ʝ] [x~χ] [d͡z] [ɟ] [k] [ɠ] [ɢ] /dʒiː/For English pronunciation it lists:
/dʒ/ /ɡ/ /ʒ/ and silent2 0 Reply
Does that mean you also pronounce scuba sku•ba instead of skoo•bah? Because that U stands for Underwater not OOnderwater. And what about Jpeg? Shouldn't it be Jeg because the P in photographic is silent.
1 0 ReplyOr jfeg because photography has an f sound.
It's soft g gif. Because the original joke was choosy moms choose jif, and choosy web developers choose gif.
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The ancient Arcadians actually pronounced it .flif
4 0 Reply.jeff
4 0 ReplyI have a friend named Geoff who says gif with a hard G. I like to pronounce his name with a hard G after that. Geff.
8 0 ReplyBezos
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Is there a prequels meme community on lemmy?
3 0 ReplyThere is!
Edit: the general Star Wars meme community is more active: !starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
Edit edit: and there's also !prequelmemes@lemmy.world
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I grew up without ever having to say it out loud, and the first time I did I say "dot Gee Eye Eff".
I stand by this as the correct pronunciation. .exe, .pdf, .html, .PNG, etc you say as "dot" followed by the letters, why should .jpg and .gif be any different?
3 0 Replyekseh, pdff, ping
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I didn't know about the wrong way to say it until that LOTR meme.
3 0 ReplyClassic
2 0 ReplyIt's "dot Ge I Ef"
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