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hey /gif/ do you pronounce it GIFF with a hard G or JIFF with a soft G?

I personally say JIFF with the soft G and think anyone who uses the hard G is an ignorant faggot,
>> Anonymous
so does the guy in your jiff
>> Anonymous
I speak all three letters, you lazy shits.
>> Anonymous
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/g/ is for technology
>> Anonymous
>>1074369
Ignorant in that they know what the initials stand for, and pronounce the letters accordingly? GTFO.
>> Anonymous
NOW who's the ignorant faggot?
>> Anonymous
G as in GILDED
>> Fieroman !x3nBXALq6E
>>1074377
The pronunciation of the acronym for Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is officially "JIFF" with a soft G sound, which is why OP called everyone else ignorant.

/thread
>> Anonymous
i pronounce the g as you would in golf.
>> Anonymous
Hard G!!!
See I'm from Germany and hell like i would care what you little bitch think.... bwahahaha Jiff yourself and go streetwalking like your supposed to! i want my money bitch!!!
>> Anonymous
>the pronunciation deliberately echoes that of an American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF"
>Both pronunciations are given as correct by the Oxford English Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary.

So, you can either use the 20 year old pronunciation that was made as a faggot joke anyway, or just pronounce it the way everyone fucking else does and NOT be an asshole.
Thread over. Anyone still debating is officially an asshole.
>> Anonymous
Gehf.
>> Anonymous
>>1074621
Asshole
>> Anonymous
I pronounce it "Throatwarbler Mangrove."
>> Anonymous
>>1074369
>>1074369
obvious troll is obvious
>> Anonymous
sauce on op plx
>> Anonymous
more of the slut in OP please
>> Anonymous
Jiff. :3
>> Anonymous
HG hoooooooooooooooooooooooooo~
>> Anonymous
>>1074369
Considering acronyms typically resemble the words from which they are made and gif stands for graphics interchange format, OP is the only ignorant faggot. Fail.
>> Anonymous
>>1075574

i agree with you thar, either the op is a troll, dumbass, or both
>> Anonymous
Gun, god, gala, gale.. gif..
June, jockey, job, jail.. jiff?
>> Anonymous
Theres no proper way to say it because it would be improper to pronounce an acronym. Thus pronouncing it becomes slang. Either way is correct. soft g , as in jiff, is most common however.
>> Anonymous
It's hard G, faggots. Fucking hell.
GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT.
G. G-RAPHICS. GRAPHICS WITH A HARD G.
FUCK.
Also Tom Cruise.
>> Anonymous
>>1075665
wrong, most refer to it as g like giff faggot
>> Anonymous
giff is pronounced giff.
>> Anonymous
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>>1075669
Tom laughs
>> Anonymous
its YIFF
IN HELL.
>> Anonymous
I pronounce it Jiff...almost like that peanut butter brand.

BTW I know the girl in the pic. She's hawt.
>> Anonymous
It's fucking fine being said either way, but common sense and logix dictates a hard G, so gtfo, illiterate OP.
>> Anonymous
In Scotland its pronounced 'GEFF'
>> Anonymous
If it's pronounced jiff, it would be spelled 'jiff'
>> Anonymous
its gif with a hard G, morons, because the G stands for Graphics, another hard g.
>> Anonymous
GIF for non fags
JIF in hell
>> Anonymous
IT'S GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE,
NOT GIRAFFES INTERCHANGE.
PERIOD.
>> Anonymous
its g-i-f
you dont say jepgah for .jpeg's
>> Anonymous
Jay-peg.
>> Anonymous
>>1075851
I don't? :/
>> Anonymous
>>1075857
Which would make .gif, g-if.

OH SHI-
>> Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif#Pronunciation

>Many people pronounce GIF with a hard "G", IPA: /???f/, reflecting the way it is pronounced in its own acronym (Graphics Interchange Format) [2]. However, the creators of the format pronounced GIF with a soft "g", /?d??f/, as in "George". According to the creator of the GIF format, Steve Wilhite, the pronunciation deliberately echoes that of an American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing this brand's television commercials.[citation needed] This pronunciation was also identified by CompuServe in their documentation of a graphics display program called CompuShow.[3]. Both pronunciations are given as correct by the Oxford English Dictionary[4] and the American Heritage Dictionary.[5]

Suck my dick.
>> Anonymous
>>1075874
its wiki, it doesnt coun't
>> Anonymous
>>1075879

>http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/

A full page of tl;dr for you.

Suck my Dick.
>> Anonymous
I say jif, since gif sounds silly.

I thought it stood for General Image File?
>> Anonymous
I say Giff because it sounds like you are talking about peanut butter when pronouncing it "jiff".
>> Anonymous
Gif. Jif is for retards. Hard g's are always cooler.
>> Anonymous
>>1075665


From www.dictionary.com:

ac·ro·nym /?ækr?n?m/ –noun

1. a WORD formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.


In other words...it HAS to be pronounceable as a word to be an acronym, otherwise it's just an abbreviation.
>> Anonymous
>>1075999
But "jif" would still be acceptable, since a g followed by an i can create a j sound, as if I were to offer you some gin, not "gihn"
>> Anonymous
Jiff??
How about a gay-peg for all you homos.
>> Anonymous
>>1075997

I'm a hard G