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”.
The same way? There’s thousands of words in the English language with the same pronunciation and different spellings. This isn’t the dunk you think it is.
Besides, gif existed first. If JIF wanted to use the name without confusion maybe they should have come out first (missed it by half a decade) or come up with a catchy phrase.
Right, 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
There'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.
Assuming 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.
I will face Jod and walk backward into hell before I say "jiff"
Clearly you're not a choosy mom.
Plebe moms choose ghif.
Yes. ghif
How do you say gin or giraffe? Or literally the letter G?
I pronounce them like Gin and Giraffe
Like the G in "gigantic".
And "gigolo."
Fun random fact: the portmanteau word "ginormous" dates to WWII RAF slang.
I did not realise until now that "ginormous" is a portmanteau
and the letter 'G'
oh that's easy, it's "dot gif"
Yiff
Um, I don't know how to tell you, but that means a wiiiildly different thing. 🤣
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💀
Because 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”.
How do you pronounce JIF, then? (That's the JPEG Interchange Format.)
Gif, clearly.
The same way? There’s thousands of words in the English language with the same pronunciation and different spellings. This isn’t the dunk you think it is.
Besides, gif existed first. If JIF wanted to use the name without confusion maybe they should have come out first (missed it by half a decade) or come up with a catchy phrase.
It's a real shame (for them) they don't dictate how the English language works
Neither do you?
I take the third route and pronounce it Heef, as in Spanish
whichever way pisses off the most people
watch me pronounce it /χäɪf/ ("hyfe")
Isn't that one of Elon Muskrat's kids?
When I want to be annoying (and when the people I'm talking to are aware of furries), I pronounce it 'yiff'
Jraphic interface format really sounds right /s
Right, 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
NASA - 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)
Let me just get my Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus ready /s
For this logic to be consistent you would have to pronounce JPEG as "jayfeg"
There'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.
Never thought about it that way. But you're right.
National Aeronautics and Space Uhdministration /s
I think it's because words that end with sa, have that uh sound. Like Medusa, salsa, mesa, mimosa
Right, in other words, acronym pronunciation has nothing to do with how the letters that compose it are pronounced in their respective words.
It's actually pronounced yif
“The correct way, of course.”
Pronounced 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
Yoofo :(
Some say gif, others say gif. The people saying gif are correct.
Ya damn giraffe-loving gifter
Gif, the jift that keeps on jivving.
"I'm not brave enough for politics."
Immediately makes a hot take.
That's the plan. Always has been.
Whatever causes the asker to have the biggest breakdown at the time!
"4G-LTE"? Well that's 'Forgull'ty'
Reminds me of "L‘mao" and "C‘tryl“
the correct answer is hard-g soft-g ee ef ef: ggi F.F.
.jeff
I 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.
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I didn't know about the wrong way to say it until that LOTR meme.
The ancient Arcadians actually pronounced it .flif
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There is!
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It's "dot Ge I Ef"
Classic
You had me until the short bus joke. Are you aware that's
vaguelysuper ableist?Assuming 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.
I have AuDHD and don't really care. I know some do, but I'm no longer so scrupulous.