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05-15-2016, 05:57 PM #1// r a w r
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How do you pronounce GIF?
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05-15-2016, 06:10 PM #2Gym Leader
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It seems pretty evenly split right now.
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05-15-2016, 09:23 PM #3That crazy Volvo guy
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not jif because i like to watch the world burn. GIFF GIFF GIFFFFf hahahaah!! >:D
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05-15-2016, 10:15 PM #4Junior Trainer
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GIF stands for "graphics interchange format" and since "graphics" has a hard "g" sound, it stands to reason that it would be pronounced "giff" rather than "jiff"
ive never understood why this was a debate really :P
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05-15-2016, 10:21 PM #5// r a w r
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Except an acronym functions as an independent word whose pronunciation isn't dependent on the pronunciations of the words its letters stand for.
I never understood the whole "graphics is a hard G" argument. The City University of New York is also known as CUNY. But although the C stands for city, CUNY is pronounced with a K sound, not an S sound.
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05-15-2016, 11:22 PM #6growing strong
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JIFF because I always have and it seems like the right way to say it in regards to what letters are present. xD
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05-16-2016, 12:20 AM #7formerly Speed-X
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hard "g," like "gift."
apparently the "creator" of the gif format pronounces it "jiff," but, like everyone else said: graphics. interchangeable. format. how do you say graphics? a hard g. it's not peanut butter.
plus, it just sounds...butter. heheh.
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05-16-2016, 12:43 AM #8Reach for the Stars ~★
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Listen up, everyone! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, will tell you how to pronounce the acronym "GIF". *clears throat* It is pronounced with a hard "g", as in "guh". Therefore it becomes "GIF"! Not "JIFF"! It is not your standard household cleaning product!
*rattles bones*
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05-16-2016, 01:02 AM #9garlic bread champion
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guys ur wrong it's jiff
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05-16-2016, 01:03 AM #10your turn to roll
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I say gif because jiff just doesn't make sense to me. It also doesn't flow as well. I can understand why that Uni acronym is said with a ck sound, because that's C's first function. At least, that's how I'd see it. Whereas the hard g is G's first function, rather than the sound it shares with J, which is J's first function. Plus, this is jreat:
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