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#1 2015-08-14 17:49:13

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The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

What is it?


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#2 2015-08-14 17:50:27

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

GIF. G-I-F. I could try to embed how I speak here.


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#3 2015-08-14 17:55:24

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

It's [ɡɪf]
(Using IPA)

#4 2015-08-14 18:00:40

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

hard g

like garden


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#5 2015-08-14 18:03:24

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

I always say "gif" like in gift, but my brother pronounces it like 'jif'. I try to tell him he's wrong but he doesn't listen to me :/


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#6 2015-08-14 18:12:46

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

Pronounced like "jiff" as in, I'll be back in a jiffy.


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#7 2015-08-14 18:26:26

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

I think the guy who made it said it's pronounced "jiff", but I think most people like to pronounce it like gift (including me).


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#8 2015-08-14 18:35:52

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"


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#9 2015-08-14 18:41:46

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

JaWapa wrote:

but some people are rebels who think that hard g gif makes more sense because it does
also i'm on the hard g side


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#10 2015-08-14 18:42:39

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

it's supposed to be pronounced "Jif"
but screw that, I still say it's "gif" like in "gift"


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#11 2015-08-14 18:44:44

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

Why is it supposed to be jif if the g stands for graphics
We don't say jraphics

#12 2015-08-14 18:49:14

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

Anak wrote:

Why is it supposed to be jif if the g stands for graphics
We don't say jraphics

that's one of the many reasons why I still say it's "gif"
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The only reason it's supposed to be jif, is because the person who came up with it said it is.


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#13 2015-08-14 18:49:50, last edited by Different55 (2015-08-14 18:52:17)

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

I prefer a soft g since English has no preference and since the creator said so but if I'm going to be totally honest it's because when I looked at it I saw a soft g and I'm too set in my ways now so I try to justify it as best as I can.

Master1 wrote:
Anak wrote:

Why is it supposed to be jif if the g stands for graphics
We don't say jraphics

that's one of the many reasons why I still say it's "gif"
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The only reason it's supposed to be jif, is because the person who came up with it said it is.

Actually acronym's pronunciations are not influenced at all by the words that make them up. Otherwise scuba would be scubba and jpeg would be jayfeg.


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#14 2015-08-14 21:17:26

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

It's GIF with a hard G hands down. Nobody cares what the inventor says. The most common pronunciation is with a hard G so I'm following colloquial English.


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#15 2015-08-14 21:20:18

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English is messed up and we all pronounce things wrong anyways emoji_set_125.png

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#16 2015-08-14 21:32:12

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

why the gif-as-in-gift pronunciation is correct, via comparison to game of thrones:

GRRM occasionally pronounces "dothraki" (doth-RACK-ee) as doth-RACK-eye, cersei (sir-see) as sir-say (although his pronunciation varies).
also, David J Peterson (who "fleshed out" high valyrian & dothraki for the show) says Khaleesi (kah-lee-see) is pronounced kah-lay-see.

However, despite the creator(s) saying otherwise, the true pronunciation is the one that's in parentheses, because those are the ones used by the majority of people.

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#17 2015-08-14 22:30:04, last edited by Kirby (2015-08-14 22:30:37)

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

i pronounce it jif because giraffe

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syrup: see-rup or sir-up

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#18 2015-08-14 23:10:15

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

I pronounce it gif as in gift like many other people said.

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#19 2015-08-14 23:14:18, last edited by Swarth100 (2015-08-19 08:01:33)

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

I'd say "jif", but dunno really if I've been "taught" how to pronounce it!

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#20 2015-08-15 00:27:16

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

Anak wrote:

We don't say jraphics

GIRAFFHICS

Anyways, I say it both ways not sure why. Peanut butter way or not, same to me.


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#21 2015-08-15 00:36:23

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

Anak wrote:

Why is it supposed to be jif if the g stands for graphics
We don't say jraphics

If we are using the graphics logic then gif should be pronounced GEE, EYE, EFF

Plus, graphics is GR not GI. Totally different pronunciation

Technically, both sides are right. Giraffe, Gibberish, Giggy, Gigabyte.

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#22 2015-08-15 17:17:30

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

I pronounce it jiff.


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#23 2015-08-15 20:16:14

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

jif because in my language g is pronounce like the english j anyways.


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#24 2015-08-19 07:45:05

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

gift


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#25 2015-08-20 09:34:45

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Re: The correct way to pronounce "GIF"

It doesn't matter how it was intended to sound.
It matters how the general people pronounce it. Since most people pronounce it Gif(t), then it's been (mostly) accepted that the correct pronunciation is Gif(t).


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