Topic: How do you pronounce GIF?

Anonymous A started this discussion 13 years ago #28,172

See headline.

Poll option	Votes	Percentage	Graph
like jiff	6	32%
like giff	13	68%

KingRimffiti8989 !QHnRimjOBk joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #417,669

gif not jif

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,673

@previous (KingRimffiti8989 !QHnRimjOBk)
this

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,674

Gif's inventor says ignore dictionaries and say 'Jif'

The creator of the Gif graphics format has said that his invention should be pronounced so it starts with a "j" rather than with a hard "g".

Steve Wilhite told the New York Times that he was "annoyed" there was still a debate over how to say the acronym.

He added that the Oxford English Dictionary was wrong to say it could be pronounced both ways

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,676

Where is the option for both?

Valdair !H0DYeRe3gg joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 39 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,678

http://minichan.org/topic/21418

KingRimffiti8989 !QHnRimjOBk replied with this 13 years ago, 4 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,679

@417,674 (A)
> Steve Wilhite told the New York Times that he was "annoyed" there was still a debate over how to say the acronym.
also if he wanted it pronounced jif he should have named it jif not gif

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 18 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,680

@417,676 (D)
I'm asking how people personally pronounce the word, though. I can't imagine anybody alternates between the two.

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,681

@417,679 (KingRimffiti8989 !QHnRimjOBk)
But as a separate letter the G is soft! Not everything is pronounced as it looks. And JIF already existed.

Not OP joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 39 seconds later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,682

I, for one, agree wholeheartedly with OP!

Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #417,701

@OP
As one word.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #417,703

@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
:')

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 21 hours later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,811

@417,701 (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
Get out.
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
You too!

HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,813

G after soft vowel is J.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 10 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,814

@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
ok

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 26 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,815

@417,811 (A)
No!

Meta !PARAdoxiHw replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,820

@417,811 (A)
I will not get off this fora, you mora.

KingRimffiti8989 !QHnRimjOBk replied with this 13 years ago, 14 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,874

Well looks like Gif wins.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 5 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,901

@previous (KingRimffiti8989 !QHnRimjOBk)
It has only been a day!

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 13 years ago, 23 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,902

@previous (A)

> denial

hamfist !2E1ogQqRO. joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 36 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,904

sprite

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 6 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #417,991

@417,902 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
You shut the fuck up.

The results are not conclusive until it has been at least a week.

(Edited 59 seconds later.)

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 2 weeks later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #421,595

bump

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