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GIF. G-I-F. I could try to embed how I speak here.
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It's [ɡɪf]
(Using IPA)
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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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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K, lock topic.
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K, lock topic.
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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it's supposed to be pronounced "Jif"
but screw that, I still say it's "gif" like in "gift"
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Why is it supposed to be jif if the g stands for graphics
We don't say jraphics
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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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.
Anak wrote:Why is it supposed to be jif if the g stands for graphics
We don't say jraphicsthat'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.
"Sometimes failing a leap of faith is better than inching forward"
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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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English is messed up and we all pronounce things wrong anyways
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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i pronounce it jif because giraffe
caramel: care-uh-mell or car-mul
syrup: see-rup or sir-up
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I pronounce it gif as in gift like many other people said.
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I'd say "jif", but dunno really if I've been "taught" how to pronounce it!
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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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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.
Does it matter like srs
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I pronounce it jiff.
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jif because in my language g is pronounce like the english j anyways.
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gift
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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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