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Dear /gif/

How do you pronounce "gif"? Do you pronounce it with a J, like jiff? Or do you pronounce it with a soft G, like gift?
>> Anonymous
Surprisingly i say g,i,f. Sounds wierd saying it as a word (although i hardly have to mention .gifs in normal conversation)
>> Anonymous
in before "did someone say"
>> Anonymous
my teacher said jiff. i lolled. sage vagoo
>> Anonymous
the 'g' in gif stands for graphics, and the g in graphics is pronounced GUH. so the correct pronunciation is:
>GIF

lul the 2nd one you said, op
>> Anonymous
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>>1115673
Personally I pronounce it like "gift" without the "t". But two of my friends are insistent upon pronouncing it with a "j", which is just silly in my opinion. Graphics does not sound like Jraphics
>> Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif

read the section on pronounciation

/thread
>> Anonymous
>>1115703
CITATION NEEDED!!!
>> Anonymous
Need sauce on OP
>> Anonymous
"GIF" is pronounced "JIF", like the peanut butter.

So says my HTML book anyway.
>> Anonymous
giff
>> Anonymous
>>1115776
It's wrong.

The G in GIF stands for graphics, which is not pronounced "jraphics."
>> Anonymous
>>1115789
jraphic park?
>> Anonymous
jiff because gifts are for pussies
>> Anonymous
>>1115684
well, seeing as how the 'a' in ascii is 'american' and the two i's are 'information' and 'interchange,' do you pronounce ASCII as
USK IH IH?!


in other words THE GODDAMN CREATORS OF GIF SAY JIF BECAUSE THE NAME IS A PUN ON THE PEANUT BUTTER BRAND

also, WIKIPEDIA MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU USE IT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif#Pronunciation
>> Anonymous
gif w/ hard G. Jiff is a unit of time or peanut butter, not a picture file format.
>> Anonymous
>>1115832
except that the creators of the format deliberately named it "gif" as a pun on the peanut butter

FAGGOT
>> Anonymous
>>1115825
you only worry about the first letter's pronunciation when dealing with acronyms, kind sir. the 'a' in ascii which stands for american is pronounced 'ah', hence ascii is pronounced AS-KEE.

also, dicks.
>> Anonymous
>>1115834
[citation needed]

Did you not also see the dictionaries which had it listed as both?

A relevant conundrum is "often":

off ten, or off en?

Also, "char" as in character.

char, or care?
>> Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif#Pronunciation

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]

I don't care what the devs say. "Jif" is for faggots.
>> Anonymous
>>1115841
off-ten, care
>> Anonymous
>>1115837
'gif' and 'ascii' are both acronyms, i'm not sure what your point is

'american' has the sound 'uh' so under the logic presented in>>1115684'ascii' should be pronounced 'uhscii' but it's pronounced 'ask-ee'
>> Anonymous
>>1115837

no, its pronounced 'ass-kay'
>> Anonymous
>>1115841
i never said hard-g was wrong, i was merely refuting the hard-g proponents statement that soft-g was wrong (which it's clearly not)
>> Anonymous
>>1115673
Old copypasta is old.
>> Anonymous
>>1115847
both mirriam webster and wikipedia say you're wrong, and so does my status as oldfag in the computing industry

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ascii001.wav=ASCII

"American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), pronounced /?æski/" from wikipedia
>> Anonymous
>>1115845
we're complete opposites.

off ten is a mispronunciation which became correct because english is stupid, and people said it like they read it.
>> Steve Wilhite !YEUvSgmXTs
Guys, guys, my name is Steve and I created the GIF format. I pronounced it "jiff" because I liked saying "choosey developers choose gif"
>> Anonymous
>>1115846
the point is that>>1115825attempted to rebutt>>1115684and suggest that every letter in the acronym need be pronounced according to the pronunciation of the first letter in each of it's respective abbreviations which is obviously false.

also, i think the letter 'a' is a bit more flexible and should be used with what is more natural, as it has several different pronunciations (eh, ah, uh) as opposed to the letter 'g' which only has 2, both of which sound natural in this application.
>> Anonymous
jif is for faggots
>> Anonymous
It's like GIFT without the T

anything else is faggotry
>> Anonymous
>>1115673

give me sauce!!!!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous
It's pronounced "jif".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format#Pronunciation

There you have it, now shut the fuck up.
>> Anonymous
>>1115895
it then goes on to say:
Both pronunciations are given as correct by the Oxford English Dictionary[4] and the American Heritage Dictionary
>> Anonymous
>>1115673
source on op gif
>> Anonymous
>>1115904
seconded pls
>> Anonymous
repost... i remember this from a few weeks ago
>> Anonymous
>>1115966
the topic or the gif
>> Anonymous
>>1115797

LOL win.
>> Anonymous
It's from Gibo ep 1. /rs/ it.
>> Anonymous
>>1116026
fuck you anon, your wrong
>> Anonymous
>>1115789
And the P in JPEG stands for Photographic. Do you pronounce JPEG as "J-FEG"?
>> Anonymous
>>1116121
are you retarded or some shit?
>> Anonymous
i say the letters. G I F!
>> Anonymous
jreat thread we have here. I jress we all know how to pronounce jiff now. I think im junna jo watch forest jump.
>> Anonymous
tomAto tomato
caramel carmal

I say jif because peanut butter is good and choosy developers choose it.
>> Anonymous
>>1116121
/thread.

All the fags saying 'G STANDS FOR GRAPHICS SO IT'S PROOF THAT IT'S PRONOUCED GIFT WITHOUT T' just got shot down by one post.

And notice how no intelligent argument comes up against it
>> Anonymous
OP SAUCE PLOX!!
>> Anonymous
>>1116121


Acronyms never use double-letter phenomes in their pronunciations.
>> Anonymous
The FAQ section in the documentation for version 8.33 of CompuShow states: The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), pronounced "JIF", was designed by CompuServe and the official specification released in June of 1987
>> Anonymous
http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/
>> Anonymous
http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/july97/0045.html
>> Anonymous
gift without the 't' bitches
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The correct answer is, a hard "G" like "Gift" without the "t."

I know it's a hard language, since so many people see it as text and never actually speak it. But if someone you know says "jiff," you need to react the same way as if they said "Vincent Van Gogg" or "Chicago, Ill-uh-noise"

Punch them. Punch them right in the throat.
>> Anonymous
Have you noticed? Those who say it's a hard G have nothing but their loud cries to support their assertion?

Click on the links above - they're explanations of WHY it's pronounced "jif".

Either I've been trolled, or you guys are idiots.
>> Anonymous
Dear /gif/

How do you pronounce "sage"? Do you pronounce it with a J, like saij? Or do you pronounce it with a hard G, like sa-geh?
>> Anonymous
Isn't it an acronym? Since when did this acronym become a defined word with pronunciation? I'm confused.
I'm pretty sure you're all being 'tards, though. So...
STFU! All of you!
>> Anonymous
>>1116270

ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER: DO YOU SPEAK IT?
>> Anonymous
>>1116252
I tried that once before, you know.

Sadly, their neckbeard was so scuzzy it had developed its own sapience, and ninja-blocked every punch I threw.
>> Anonymous
>>1116267

Are you intentionally being a dicksplash?
>> Anonymous
I still need sauce for OP...
>> Anonymous
why has http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif#Usage not been replaced with porn? the jif that is
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>>1115789

lol giraffics.
>> Anonymous
Holy buttfucking christ! OP here. I started this thread yesterday, and it's STILL fucking going?! /gif/ has impressed me.
>> Anonymous
Pronounced by everyone I know as 'jiff'. The only ones who pronounce it with a hard 'g' are those fucking annoying mouth-breathers at the office that constantly fuck up and can't find their fucking dick with two hands and a hooker to help.
>> Anonymous
>>1116598

Give the sauce u fuckin fag
>> Anonymous
Gif = Gift - T
jpg = J-Peg
ASCII = Asky
>> Anonymous
>>1116701
dont forget.
SCSI = Skuzzy
>> Anonymous
>>1116701
Do you get mad when people spell out ASCII?
Asky just never sat well with me.
>> Anonymous
I always pronounce ASCII like A-C
>> Anonymous
sauce for OP plz!!!
>> Anonymous
>>1116701
that, except I pronounce ASCII assey
>> Anonymous
gif: gift - t
jpeg: jay peg
ASCII: ass key
SCSI: skuzzy

I say the letters to AVI, FLV (sometimes use flash video)
>> Anonymous
I say jiff.
And every every makes fun of me 'cause it.
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A NEW CHALLENGER HAS ARRIVED
ONLY FAGS PRONOUNCE IT JIF
>> Anonymous
Idiots, just give me OP sauce.
>> Anonymous
I pronounce them as;

gif = Gift minus the t
jpg = Jay Pee Jee
jpeg = Jay Pee Ee Jee
ASCII = ay see
SCSI = scuzzy
mpeg = em pee ee jee
>> anon
>>1115797
lolol win
>> anon
>>1117324
agreed, except
for jpeg, I say "jay peg"
>> Anonymous
>>1117324

jay-peg
em-peg

otherwise the same
>> Anonymous
>>1117324

ASCII - ass key