Which is which though?
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Shave_MyBeever, GeoIF
macabrett, I pronounce it like gin but I don’t really care how someone else pronounces it.
Chefdano3, ![]()
They’re both GIF, and they’re both pronounced correctly, because there is only one way to pronounce it, and there is no other way.
Evil_Shrubbery, It’s not Data, the correct pronunciation is Data.
digger, ![]()
The one on the left is pronounced GIF and the one on the right is pronounced GIF.
xusontha, Actually, I’m pretty sure you have them flipped
ElBarto, ![]()
You’re both wrong, the G is silent.
xusontha, “if”
I like it
asexualchangeling, You forgot about the hidden y sound at the end, it’s spelled gif, but pronounced ify
superfes, You sure it’s not a ‘Yi’ sound?
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug, Do you pronounce origin like the state?
ursakhiin, Data definitely says the hard g. His interests are in being more human. Not pedantically arguing about the way the creator says things in an attempt to upend the majority. The latter is definitely Lore’s jam, though
Be more like Data.
possiblylinux127, Maybe GIF?
FaceDeer, ![]()
negativenull, Welcome to
Gurassic Park
xusontha, It’s Jrrrreat!
negativenull,
Malfeasant, What the hell is a gigawatt?
negativenull, Pronounced “jijawatt”:
gigawatts
NessD, Gif as in gift. Anything else is nonsense!
xanu, Illogical!
Doug, The girl’s gig to give the gift of gifs
EmergMemeHologram, Giraffes? Giraffes!
Doug, Gilded gibbons
Kolanaki, ![]()
Jift?
Agent641, Jirl?
Manifish_Destiny, Ever seen a geriatric geologist named George at the gym? How about a giant ginger giraffe drunk on gin. What about a genderless genealogist cutting generic gems?
Tavarin, ![]()
Sure, but JIF is a different file format, so pronouncing it as “jif” just creates overlap.
Also every single one of those G’s should be replaced with the letter J; English needs spelling reform.
acockworkorange, Also also, GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format, and that’s definitely a G sound.
By the way, the format can’t die soon enough. PNG and video formats are more compact and better quality too. Time to bury this zombie.
NessD, Combinations of letters before and after change the pronunciation of certain parts of a word. None of your words have “gif” pronounced a “jif”. If you have one, tell me. I’m seriously curious if there is a word. As of now the only reference I have is “gift” with a hard g.
Manifish_Destiny, That’s a retarded argument.
NessD, No u
teft, ![]()
Graphics Interchange Format. Hard G.
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug, (edited ) Do you pronounce origin like the state?
Do you you also say “nay-say” when reading NASA, lol, that logic is flawed.
I’d like to remind everyone that the rules for words amd pronunciation were documented AFTER most words, which is why it’s so inconsistent and arbitrary
teft, ![]()
The acronym for NASA uses the same sounds as the words that make the acronym. Same as GIF so I’m not sure what your point is. Mine is that GIF stands for graphics interchange format and graphics starts with a hard g therefore GIF should start with a hard g.
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug, (edited ) dictionary.cambridge.org/…/aeronautics
dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/…/agency
Then
dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/…/nasa
They are phonetically different sounds altogether, so your argument is flawed.
Edit: Im fucking dumb, it’s administration, not agency. Even so, my point still stands, NASA is phonetically different than the sound in aeronautics.
shottymcb, (edited ) It’s the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug, Oof, I fucked that one up
shottymcb, Well Aeronautics is a hard A, so you got that going for you least :)
Should be naysah.
Tavarin, ![]()
SCUBA, unless you pronounce underwater as oonderwater.
Also JIF is a separate file format, so GIF should not be pronounced the same.
pruwybn, ![]()
I use a hard G but this is a bad argument. I’ll just link to this great list of counterexamples:
r2vq, ![]()
How do you pronounce JPEG?
Tolookah, Jay-peg
r2vq, ![]()
JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. So by the other user’s logic, you shouldn’t be using the hard /p/ sound.
Tolookah, Ah, Jafeg, like Jafar’s less charismatic cousin.
Downcount, I don’t care as long as you don’t say Jetpack to JPG like my old collegue used to say.
xusontha, Whut
That’s an actual crime
Xariphon, Always pronounce it "GIF."
Never "JIF."
Only Lore does that.
SnotFlickerman, Lore: It’s pronounced GIF… because of the implication.
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