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JIF
well i tried
Gif' s inventor says ignore dictionaries and
say 'Jif'
Hey man come check
out this jif
say 'Jif'
Hey man come check
out this jif
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JklnHyd (05/23/2013) [-] I refuse to accept that pronunciation, regardless of what the creator says, seeing as the g stands for graphic.
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2scared2login (05/24/2013) [-]
I've heard this argument before, and its a ******** rationalization. Acronyms are pronounced phonetically, it has nothing to do with what the letters stand for. Whoever makes the acronym decides how it is pronounced. The example below of the A in NATO (Atlantic) works fairly well.
Take Jehovah as a more abstract example. The letters JHVH could be pronounced in any number of ways. Yet there is a modern "correct" pronunciation that was arbitrarily decided somewhere along the line.
Take Jehovah as a more abstract example. The letters JHVH could be pronounced in any number of ways. Yet there is a modern "correct" pronunciation that was arbitrarily decided somewhere along the line.
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gamgroomps (05/24/2013) [-] I've used both pronunciations in conversation, but I think that the person who invented the .gif should be able to control how it is pronounced officially. However, everyone uses different pronunciations for different words all the time, so I don't see this as that big of a deal.
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2scared2login (05/24/2013) [-]
True people pronounce things differently, but because the acronym was named by him I believe that he has absolute control on how it should be pronounced. My name is Alexander and i don't want to go to Mexico and have people calling me Alejandro. It's my name and I'll tell you how to say it, not the other way around.
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klavikothethird (05/24/2013) [-] The a in NATO stands for atlantic, but you don't pronounce it "nahto"
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pensivepangolin (05/24/2013) [-] I'm sorry, but I really don't find that argument valid. That's like saying that because gif is now pronounced "jif", every g makes a j sound. "The joat joes to the joofy jirl". How one word is pronounced doesn't affect every other word that uses the same letters.
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Nameloc (05/24/2013) [-] Sure, but it's an Acronym.
You're on the right track about one thing, though; Certain letters in certain words can have a different sound.
However, you're over-looking the fact that the creator of the .gif file format (and of the acronym) declared that the correct pronunciation be "Jiff" over "Gyph".
Take it like this:
My friend's last name is Puszklewicz.
It isn't pronounced how it's spelled out, I can tell you that right now.
If you're the creator of a name/ word, then you're entitled to state what the correct pronunciation is.
For instance, my name is Coleman, yet people still ******* call me "Cullben", "Column", and "Koloman".
I have every right to correct them on the pronunciation of my name.
You can't just declare the correct pronunciation of a word/ name without having created it.
Therefor, if the creator of the ******* .gif file format says it should be pronounced "Jiff", then why the **** are you bitching about it?
Go ahead, keep pronouncing it "Gyph".
"To-may-toe, To-mah-toe"
You're on the right track about one thing, though; Certain letters in certain words can have a different sound.
However, you're over-looking the fact that the creator of the .gif file format (and of the acronym) declared that the correct pronunciation be "Jiff" over "Gyph".
Take it like this:
My friend's last name is Puszklewicz.
It isn't pronounced how it's spelled out, I can tell you that right now.
If you're the creator of a name/ word, then you're entitled to state what the correct pronunciation is.
For instance, my name is Coleman, yet people still ******* call me "Cullben", "Column", and "Koloman".
I have every right to correct them on the pronunciation of my name.
You can't just declare the correct pronunciation of a word/ name without having created it.
Therefor, if the creator of the ******* .gif file format says it should be pronounced "Jiff", then why the **** are you bitching about it?
Go ahead, keep pronouncing it "Gyph".
"To-may-toe, To-mah-toe"
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pensivepangolin (05/24/2013) [-] I apologize if my tone gave off the wrong idea, but please notice that I'm not saying that the hard g sound pronunciation is the correct and only way to say "gif". Especially now that the creator has declared its proper pronunciation, I certainly have no argument to go against that. I had merely meant out that I don't believe the "giraffe" argument as a good means of defending the j sound. I have seen it used too many times, and it had finally gotten on my nerves enough to post about it.
However, if thi
However, if thi
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comicson (05/23/2013) [-] am i the only one that spells it out when saying it? I've always said it like that and i cant come to make myself to say it the "right" way now.
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restfullwicked (05/24/2013) [-]
graphics interchange format. Im fairly sure that you pronounce Graphics with a G.
ENGLISH, MOTHER ****** . DO YOU SPEAK IT?
ENGLISH, MOTHER ****** . DO YOU SPEAK IT?
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drainbramage (05/24/2013) [-] But the G stands for "graphic" and that makes a hard "G" sound, so I'm going to say it the same way I always have, **** the creator, he can't control me, he's not even my real dad.
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grahamcracker (05/24/2013) [-] I've always said jif. And considering the pronunciation of meme is "meem", no once should bitch about "jif".
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domitius (05/24/2013) [-] Why has this become such a big deal? I mean for those of you familiar with the mechanics of the English language surely this hasn't come as a shock.
