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Summertimebooks
01/31/18 11:47:52 PM
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HeyImAlex
01/31/18 11:48:40 PM
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The way it's supposed to.
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Zikten
01/31/18 11:54:18 PM
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with a hard G
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Zeus
02/01/18 12:01:47 AM
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With a hard G because I'm a hard man.

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HeyImAlex
02/01/18 12:09:10 AM
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ITT: I like pronouncing words wrong.
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Syntheticon
02/01/18 1:17:17 AM
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The way it's spelled, with a hard G.
I have no issue saying it the "wrong" way because the right way is stupid.
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TheCyborgNinja
02/01/18 1:18:53 AM
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People who pronounce it "jif" are the worst. They may as well say "expresso" and "irregardless" while they're at it.
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HeyImAlex
02/01/18 1:19:55 AM
#8:


Zeus posted...
With a hard G because I'm a hard man.

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This is fine, though.
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Zeus
02/01/18 1:20:19 AM
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TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who say pronounce it "jif" are the worst.


tbh, if there was a law about it, it would be against it.
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HeyImAlex
02/01/18 1:21:14 AM
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TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who say pronounce it "jif" are the worst. They may as well say "expresso" and "irregardless" while they're at it.

This literally makes no sense. Saying a word correct is as bad as saying another word incorrect?
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HeyImAlex
02/01/18 1:22:01 AM
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TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who pronounce it "jif" are the worst. They may as well say "expresso" and "irregardless" while they're at it.

Also, your mom's the worst.
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TheCyborgNinja
02/01/18 1:22:04 AM
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HeyImAlex posted...
TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who say pronounce it "jif" are the worst. They may as well say "expresso" and "irregardless" while they're at it.

This literally makes no sense. Saying a word correct is as bad as saying another word incorrect?

Except it's not correct unless you're insane. Do you fucking say "jraffics" too?
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HeyImAlex
02/01/18 1:31:28 AM
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Look, I'm just going by how the creator of the word says it's pronounced. I know it's weird. Don't even get me started on how to say Linux.
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-0melette-
02/01/18 1:47:56 AM
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the way its spelt. With a hard g.
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Zeus
02/01/18 1:48:45 AM
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I'll say it again:

Zeus posted...
TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who say pronounce it "jif" are the worst.


tbh, if there was a law about it, it would be against it.

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Revelation34
02/01/18 1:49:45 AM
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HeyImAlex posted...
Look, I'm just going by how the creator of the word says it's pronounced. I know it's weird. Don't even get me started on how to say Linux.


It isn't a word though. It's an abbreviation.
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HeyImAlex
02/01/18 1:53:02 AM
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Abbreviations can be words, silly goose.
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Krazy_Kirby
02/01/18 10:24:46 AM
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with a "g". if they wanted it pronounced like "jif" then they should have spelled it that way.
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Krazy_Kirby
02/01/18 10:26:35 AM
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HeyImAlex posted...
TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who say pronounce it "jif" are the worst. They may as well say "expresso" and "irregardless" while they're at it.

This literally makes no sense. Saying a word correct is as bad as saying another word incorrect?


"jif" is incorrect though. in the english language it's "gif" with a "g"
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ZiggiStardust
02/01/18 10:27:48 AM
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Zeus posted...
With a hard G because I'm a hard man.

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I agree, @Zeus

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Revelation34
02/01/18 10:28:47 AM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
HeyImAlex posted...
TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who say pronounce it "jif" are the worst. They may as well say "expresso" and "irregardless" while they're at it.

This literally makes no sense. Saying a word correct is as bad as saying another word incorrect?


"jif" is incorrect though. in the english language it's "gif" with a "g"


Jif is peanut butter instead.
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Nichtcrawler X
02/01/18 11:09:20 AM
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With a soft G. As I'm Dutch (below the rivers) and thus the first thing I think of when I see a G is a soft G.
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MrMelodramatic
02/01/18 11:15:03 AM
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Soft g
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Energy Surge
02/01/18 12:11:23 PM
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A soft g, similar to the way gymnasium or giraffe is pronounced.

Also, the acronym was created to be a play on the peanut butter. So I believe it should be pronounced like the peanut butter.

To those of you defending your pronunciation because in the acronym the G stands for graphics, a word with a hard g, how do you pronounce CERN? The C stands for Conseil, so I imagine to be logically consistent you would say KERN?

In any case, I don't care about your logical consistency. Pronounce it however you like as long as a sizeable portion of the population pronounces it that way.


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gguirao
02/01/18 12:27:25 PM
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Like the peanut butter.
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Nichtcrawler X
02/01/18 12:41:19 PM
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Energy Surge posted...
A soft g, similar to the way gymnasium or giraffe is pronounced.


Wait, when people are calling that a soft G, I will explain myself a bit better.

For me, I do not call "dj" a soft G, nor is it what I use when pronouncing Gif.

What I call soft G is the sound rarely used in English in words like mach and loch.
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Krazy_Kirby
02/01/18 12:43:05 PM
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there is no "g" sound in either of those words. (i would pronounce "mach" like "mock" and loch like "lock")
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Nichtcrawler X
02/01/18 12:46:19 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
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there is no "g" sound in either of those words. (i would pronounce "mach" like "mock" and loch like "lock")


Obviously I'm talking about the actual pronunciations, not the pronunciations in modern American English that have that K-shift.
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LinkPizza
02/01/18 12:49:18 PM
#29:


The correct way... which is gif. If they wanted it to be pronounce jif, then they should spell it that way. Like the peanut butter. But they spelled if gif, so pronounce it that way.

Also, I do know people that say gif/jif every time, since they don't wanna pick a side...
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avatarmight
02/01/18 12:49:50 PM
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Energy Surge posted...
A soft g, similar to the way gymnasium or giraffe is pronounced.

Also, the acronym was created to be a play on the peanut butter. So I believe it should be pronounced like the peanut butter.

To those of you defending your pronunciation because in the acronym the G stands for graphics, a word with a hard g, how do you pronounce CERN? The C stands for Conseil, so I imagine to be logically consistent you would say KERN?

In any case, I don't care about your logical consistency. Pronounce it however you like as long as a sizeable portion of the population pronounces it that way.


Hey, someone that has some idea of what they're talking about. Another example is jpeg, the p is for photo.

I pronounce it both ways since it can be pronounced both ways. There's no perfect argument for either side and those that think there is is just... wrong. There are plenty of words with more than one correct pronunciation. I don't care how you pronounce it, just don't think that yours is the only right way.
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Krazy_Kirby
02/01/18 12:53:29 PM
#31:


Nichtcrawler X posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
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there is no "g" sound in either of those words. (i would pronounce "mach" like "mock" and loch like "lock")


Obviously I'm talking about the actual pronunciations, not the pronunciations in modern American English that have that K-shift.


that's how you pronouce loch.... it's not a "modern american english" way either.

google "loch" the dictionary sound pronunciation sounds like "lock"
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Nichtcrawler X
02/01/18 12:55:16 PM
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Okay, I'll just get out the IPA then...

I say Gif, with a "".

Which leads me to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_uvular_fricative

Which as far as I can tell by my hearing, is very close to the:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
used in Scottish/Gaelic words like Loch.
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onefourseven
02/01/18 1:16:41 PM
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TheCyborgNinja posted...
HeyImAlex posted...
TheCyborgNinja posted...
People who say pronounce it "jif" are the worst. They may as well say "expresso" and "irregardless" while they're at it.

This literally makes no sense. Saying a word correct is as bad as saying another word incorrect?

Except it's not correct unless you're insane. Do you fucking say "jraffics" too?

Do you say "guh-raffe"? Do you say "guy-ant"? How do you pronounce gin and tonic?
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Revelation34
02/01/18 8:48:26 PM
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Energy Surge posted...
A soft g, similar to the way gymnasium or giraffe is pronounced.

Also, the acronym was created to be a play on the peanut butter. So I believe it should be pronounced like the peanut butter.

To those of you defending your pronunciation because in the acronym the G stands for graphics, a word with a hard g, how do you pronounce CERN? The C stands for Conseil, so I imagine to be logically consistent you would say KERN?

In any case, I don't care about your logical consistency. Pronounce it however you like as long as a sizeable portion of the population pronounces it that way.



Citation needed for the bolded.
Also I'm pretty sure more people pronounce it the "wrong" way.
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Setsunahenry
02/01/18 9:00:29 PM
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Same like reading gift but throw the "t" words out.
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faramir77
02/01/18 9:09:47 PM
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Jif.

The guy who created it says it that way, too.
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sveksii
02/02/18 12:58:00 AM
#37:


Revelation34 posted...
HeyImAlex posted...
Look, I'm just going by how the creator of the word says it's pronounced. I know it's weird. Don't even get me started on how to say Linux.


It isn't a word though. It's an abbreviation.
You should research the difference between abbreviations and acronyms.
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aDirtyShisno
02/02/18 1:10:17 AM
#38:


Setsunahenry posted...
Same like reading gift but throw the "t" words out.

Setsunahenry posted...
Same like reading words.


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Krazy_Kirby
02/02/18 1:34:04 AM
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faramir77 posted...
Jif.

The guy who created it says it that way, too.


and he is incorrect too.
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wwinterj25
02/02/18 2:35:40 AM
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ZiggiStardust posted...
Zeus posted...
With a hard G because I'm a hard man.

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I agree, @Zeus

If you agree with @Zeus you should quote my post!

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FatalAccident
02/02/18 2:36:42 AM
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Hard g ffs
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gguirao
02/06/18 12:32:33 PM
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Steve White, the creator of .gifs, says he decided to pronounce it with a soft "g" because it sounded like the peanut butter brand.
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Mead
02/06/18 12:43:13 PM
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Hard g because the g stands for fucking

Graphics
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Revelation34
02/06/18 12:47:08 PM
#44:


Mead posted...
Hard g because the g stands for fucking

Graphics


According to the creator its Jraphics.
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avatarmight
02/06/18 2:00:28 PM
#45:


Mead posted...
Hard g because the g stands for fucking

Graphics

I can't believe how often this is used as a reason, like it means anything. That's not how acronyms work and we have multiple examples it not being like this. In CERN the C is Conseil and the P in JPEG is Photo. When an acronym becomes its own word it takes on its own pronunciation.

You wanna say gif the way you do? Great, go for it, nothing wrong with that, just stop acting like yours is the only right way based on false information and spreading it.

Here's an interesting article for those that actually care about some of the linguistics of the matter, though it's by no means an authority on the subject: https://jemully.com/gif-pronunciation-hard-g-logic-doesnt-rule/
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Mead
02/06/18 3:13:34 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
Mead posted...
Hard g because the g stands for fucking

Graphics


According to the creator its Jraphics.


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Revelation34
02/06/18 3:15:38 PM
#47:


Mead posted...
Revelation34 posted...
Mead posted...
Hard g because the g stands for fucking

Graphics


According to the creator its Jraphics.


5qrGE4t


https://giphy.com/gifs/giraffe-JTVKS2iaioL6M
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wwinterj25
02/08/18 8:29:10 AM
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Very strange I got modded for apparently abusing the mention system with my previous post.
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Kyuubi4269
02/08/18 9:33:19 AM
#49:


You don't get to decide pronunciations, just spellings.
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Revelation34
02/08/18 11:33:46 AM
#50:


Kyuubi4269 posted...
You don't get to decide pronunciations, just spellings.


We do if they're wrong.
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