I will face Jod and walk backward into hell before I say "jiff"
33 7 ReplyClearly you're not a choosy mom.
7 0 ReplyPlebe moms choose ghif.
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How do you say gin or giraffe? Or literally the letter G?
5 0 ReplyI pronounce them like Gin and Giraffe
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Like the G in "gigantic".
21 0 ReplyAnd "gigolo."
5 0 ReplyFun random fact: the portmanteau word "ginormous" dates to WWII RAF slang.
2 0 ReplyI did not realise until now that "ginormous" is a portmanteau
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and the letter 'G'
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oh that's easy, it's "dot gif"
15 0 ReplyYiff
14 0 ReplyUm, I don't know how to tell you, but that means a wiiiildly different thing. 🤣
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Why do people have to pronounced it in any way? Why not say G-I-F? I've been saying it like that since before I knew about the huge debate💀
12 0 ReplyBecause that's 3 syllables instead of 1. Ain't nobody got time for that!
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Cuz the devs explicitly named it after the peanut butter and even gave it a catchphrase to make sure you pronounced it correctly. It was a marketing campaign. “Choosy developers choose gif”.
10 1 ReplyHow do you pronounce JIF, then? (That's the JPEG Interchange Format.)
5 1 ReplyIt's a real shame (for them) they don't dictate how the English language works
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I take the third route and pronounce it Heef, as in Spanish
11 0 Replywhichever way pisses off the most people
watch me pronounce it /χäɪf/ ("hyfe")
10 0 ReplyIsn't that one of Elon Muskrat's kids?
12 0 ReplyWhen I want to be annoying (and when the people I'm talking to are aware of furries), I pronounce it 'yiff'
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Jraphic interface format really sounds right /s
20 11 ReplyRight, because Gs are never pronounced with a "J" sound, and acronyms are never pronounced differently than their full terms. Sound logic there; well done. Never mind any of these:
NASA- National Aeronautics Space Uhdministration
NATO- North Ayy-tlantic Treaty Organization
LASER- Light Ayy-mplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
SCUBA- Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus
FOMO- Fear ohhf missing ohht
ASAP- Ayys soon ayys possible
POC- People ohhf solor
PIN- Personal id-entification number
BOGO- Buy ohhn get ohhn
POTUS- President ohhf the Uhhnited States
YOLO- You only live ohhnce
AWOL- Ayy-bsent without awfficial leave
ICE- Eyemmigration and Sustoms Enforcement
DARE- Drug Ayybuse Resistance Education
26 1 ReplyNASA - National Ah-ronautics and Space Uh-dministration
LASER - Light Ay-mplification by Ztimulated Eh-mission of Radiation
ICE - Eye-mmigration and Sustoms -nforcement (E is silent)
DARE - Drug Ay-buse Resistance -ducation (ditto)
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Let me just get my Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus ready /s
24 1 ReplyFor this logic to be consistent you would have to pronounce JPEG as "jayfeg"
11 1 ReplyThere's no logic being applied. This is just sports mentality in tech. Like spaces vs. tabs, Emacs vs. vim, Python vs. R, or one of countless others.
But could you imagine if you created a digital standard used by billions everyday and then most people refused to pronounce the name you gave it? Same energy given off by the "anti pronoun" crowd.
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National Aeronautics and Space Uhdministration /s
9 1 ReplyI think it's because words that end with sa, have that uh sound. Like Medusa, salsa, mesa, mimosa
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It's actually pronounced yif
9 0 ReplyPronounced it as a soft g in my head the first time I read it, and years later the creator said it was meant to be a soft g, so I feel validated.
When you create an image format, name it whatever you want and if it's any good and I use it, I'll call it what you want
10 3 ReplyYoofo :(
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Some say gif, others say gif. The people saying gif are correct.
7 0 ReplyYa damn giraffe-loving gifter
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“The correct way, of course.”
7 0 Reply"I'm not brave enough for politics."
Immediately makes a hot take.
6 0 ReplyThat's the plan. Always has been.
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Gif, the jift that keeps on jivving.
9 3 ReplyWhatever causes the asker to have the biggest breakdown at the time!
"4G-LTE"? Well that's 'Forgull'ty'
5 0 ReplyReminds me of "L‘mao" and "C‘tryl“
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the correct answer is hard-g soft-g ee ef ef: ggi F.F.
4 0 ReplyI didn't know about the wrong way to say it until that LOTR meme.
3 0 Reply.jeff
3 0 ReplyI have a friend named Geoff who says gif with a hard G. I like to pronounce his name with a hard G after that. Geff.
8 0 ReplyBezos
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The ancient Arcadians actually pronounced it .flif
2 0 ReplyIs there a prequels meme community on lemmy?
2 0 ReplyThere is!
Edit: the general Star Wars meme community is more active: [email protected]
Edit edit: and there's also [email protected]
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It's "dot Ge I Ef"
1 0 ReplyClassic
1 0 ReplyIt's yiff, like furry sex. But in all seriousness, if you don't pronounce it with a hard g, then you can f##k off on the short bus.
3 3 ReplyYou had me until the short bus joke. Are you aware that's
vaguelysuper ableist?4 0 ReplyAssuming short busses are the same as minibusses, it's kinda funny because my old school district uses them for transporting the 'intellectually gifted' students to a special advanced class. so 'taking the minibus' is something of a compliment where I'm from.
4 0 ReplyAs someone with pretty profound learning disabilities, I'd like to point out that... It's actually very ableist. Maybe putting us in bus ghettos so you can sanitise your school system and isolate your darling children from the freaks is slightly worse though.
3 0 ReplyQuestion: person with autism, autistic person, or autist? Justify your answer.
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