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JCC It's pronounced "JIF", not "GIF"

Discussion in 'Community' started by halibut, May 22, 2013.

  1. halibut

    halibut Ex-Mod star 8 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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  2. Boba_Fett_2001

    Boba_Fett_2001 Chosen One star 8

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    I don't get why this is breaking news all of a sudden. Has no one seen the Geocities-style GIF Pronunciation Page?
     
  3. Jabba-wocky

    Jabba-wocky Chosen One star 10

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    It is pronounced "Gee Eye Eff." What are you people talking about?
     
  4. EmpireForever

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  5. Jabbadabbado

    Jabbadabbado Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    1) Why does he get to decide how it's pronounced?
    2) Why shouldn't popular usage be controlling?
    3) if you're trying to create some kind of rule for acronym pronunciation, if the G stands for "graphics", shouldn't it pick up the pronunciation from the way the letter is pronounced in the word?
    4) If pronunciation is arbitrary, then see 1).
     
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  6. halibut

    halibut Ex-Mod star 8 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Shush, Gabba
     
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  7. imperial_dork

    imperial_dork Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Your momma's so stupid, she took the Pepsi challenge and chose JIF.
     
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  8. rumsmuggler

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  9. TiniTinyTony

    TiniTinyTony JCC Super Bowl Pick 'Em Winner star 7 VIP - Game Winner

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    So in Spanish it would be pronounced "hif"?
     
  10. Axle-Starweilder

    Axle-Starweilder Jedi Grand Master star 6

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  11. Darth_Invidious

    Darth_Invidious Force Ghost star 6

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    Not necessarily. Depending the vowel that follows it (or the word itself), G can phonetically sound like a J as well (or to Anglo ears, like an H).
     
  12. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    You know, I pronounced it jif for years until maybe a year or two ago when I started hearing people I knew say it around me, and everyone said gif. So I switched to gif, even though I think it sounds really stupid and should be jif.

    VINDICATION!
     
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  13. Lord Vivec

    Lord Vivec Chosen One star 9

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    Because popular usage is terrible and should never get to decide anything.
     
  14. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    I will only call tumblr-style gifs "jifs," because they are to my eyes as an awful brand of peanut butter is to my tastebuds.
     
  15. Alpha-Red

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    If he wanted us to pronounce it as "jif" instead of "gif" he should have spoken up years ago...
     
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  16. Kiki-Gonn

    Kiki-Gonn Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Somebody tell the creator of the GIF no one gives a crap.
     
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  17. Darth_Kiryan

    Darth_Kiryan Jedi Master star 4

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  18. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Great, now would he care to explain why it's so awful?
     
  19. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    Gif with a hard G. The creator and **** off.
     
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  20. mrsvos

    mrsvos Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    cutting edge jifs doesn't sounds as exciting
     
  21. RC-1991

    RC-1991 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Preferably in the form of a .gif.
     
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  22. VadersLaMent

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  23. DarthTunick

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    What do choosy moms think about this?
     
  24. Juliet316

    Juliet316 Chosen One star 10

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    Nope. Still going to pronounce it with the hard G. [face_not_talking]
     
  25. Healer_Leona

    Healer_Leona Squirrel Wrangler of Fun & Games star 9 Staff Member Manager

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    I think I refrained from saying it for a long time because I wasn't sure so just called it a pic.


    and that's a hard c, so no piss
     
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