RevengeoftheHamburgerThief
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Feb 21, 2017 10:17 PM
RevengeoftheHamburgerThief
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ICantFindTheRightUsername
That's stupid
tesseract4d2
Graphics Interchange Format. Not jif. I don't care what the creator says, that's how acronyms work.
Applezzz
KingBanana8008
Fuck it. No. I do not accept it. I will call it gif till the day I die.
Neckrolls4life
Listerine was intended to cure gonorrhea, but I'm not pouring that shit on my dick.
MarinShatterhand
Don't care, still gonna say it with a hard g.
graehall
Pronounce it however the fuck you want to, it's not that important. But, if you don't pronounce it GIF imma suspect you're just trolling.
Dionysus187
The pronunciation of the words in an acronym have no bearing on how the acronym is pronounced. Or start bitching about NASA, POTUS and LASER
notso5ecret4gent
What if I told you you can still pronounce it 'jif' even though the G stands for graphical?
MemeDissector
i'd tell you you were wrong.
UpvotingtheHotButton
commonhayseed
Nephew's name is Gisli - imagine the future awkwardness at roll call.
TonyStarkWantsOne
imgurnameistoohardtocomeupwith
Looking for this exact gif, doing God's work op
Agandau
This is crazy. I feel the urge to downvote everyone who disagrees with me.... on a topic that couldn't be more trivial.
swiggityswoogitycominginfordatbooty
Really, the juy who made it said it's pronounced "jif"
tjluv
AdmJota
So they're switching back and forth between the spelling of the word and the pronunciation of it?
cobra29935
GIF FIRE!!!
SpacemanSpiff0226
Wabbit season!
WestSideBomber
It's almost like letters can make different sounds. Weird.
LizardEnterprises
Well, English is a bastard language
RadioactiveCanuck
I guess NATO is pronounced "NAH-TOE" because Atlantic has a short A
LizardEnterprises
Oh, I didn't think of that one. Also SCUBA and LASER
BonoboHandshake
It's like the "gi" in "giraffe" or "gift"
FacemanPeck
Everyone who thinks its a hard g when r you gonna start throwin little bitch fits about how weve pronounced NASA wrong for the last 60 years
browsingforgreatestimages
it's Jin and tonic.. Not Gin and tonic
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JamesProton
The -f has nothing to do with hard/soft g sounds. There are many examples of gi- words that follow both. Who cares
LizardEnterprises
I would like my tonic without any Chinese Dynasties TYVM
Aemor
I will die with the word Gif on my lips, the way it should be said
CertifiedAgreer
With a soft g?
Aemor
Gif not Jif
DiracsDelta
I recognise the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it -Nick Fury
GasBandit
If you really wanted upvotes, you'd have said IRecognizeTheCouncilHasMadeADecisionButGivenThatItsAStupidAssDecisionIveElectedToIgnoreIt.gif
lovinlissa1984
samuel L. Jacksons voice is in my head
egebamiyasi
akmarksman
He's gonna get diabetes drinking all that maple syrup...
geiokami
Wrong.
ronangelo
"Yiff Yiff"
Deathox120
......YIF!?!?!
TouretteBadger
[laughs in furry]
Belanus
God damn furries.
flassk
it's true! we DO ruin everything :D
circlebreaker
*stains on white seating intensifies*
hoeya
Yiff? No! That's not True! That's impossible!
herph
Search your feelings; you know it to be true.
51CorgisInABar
That's not true, that's impossible!
hoeya
Nooooooooo!
geiokami
SexualConsent
And then you F*cked a furry!
FuturePerfectTense
Too bad he's wrong.
11235813213455891442333776109871597
Do you thing it's a coincidence that Imgur's logo is a giraffe?
EvilKam
Literally impossible. He's the inventor of the format. When you invent something, you get to name it and spell it how you want.
AMartianPotato
Wrong. Pronunciation of a word is dictated by common usage. Both versions are in common usage so both are correct.
Mondasin
he made a file type that is shortened to GIF, most people will see than and say it like Gift.
EvilKam
Most people, according to what scientific studies?
MemeDissector
he did name it. and spell it. he named it graphics interchange format, and spelled it GIF. graphics is not pronounced jraphics.
SirWadeWilson
He did name it tou walnut its Gif how that's pronounced is another story entirely.
MininMark
Sure you do, however, if Imgur has taught me anything, society will judge you and make their own decision. Grammatically he is wrong.
EvilKam
False. As an "invented word", there is no grammatical precedent. The word has no history of usage prior to his creating it.
MininMark
That just supports my argument.
EvilKam
By agreeing, you also agree that your grammar argument is irrelevant to invention names, & justify creator's right to decide pronunciation.
Ssssssssssss
He doesn't even have to be wrong grammatically; if a large enough group of speakers disagree with him he becomes wrong in their dialect.
smilodonthefatalis
Webster's lists both as valid pronunciations. Just pronounce it the way you want, and let everyone else pronounce the way they want.
delgesuxx
That's not how the internet works
LizardEnterprises
But do they list ʒaɪf as a valid pronunciation? No. Then they're fucking monsters!
insertsupercoolusernamehere
Sick jrafix on that jif.
EvilKam
It's okay to choose to be wrong. I won't hold it against you.
LawlfulSandwich
I keep seeing the graphics is a hard g argument, but then ignore other initialisms that would have to follow the same rules.
fleanis
Gigantic giraffes gestate gingerly. Gackass.
Chrisw265
Or gust call him George.
NexiKuro
Fuck off Lejolas.
insertsupercoolusernamehere
Git gud, gomer.
CaptainConfused
And if it was a Gigantic Image Format, then it would be Jif. But Graphics isn't a Giraffe.
Dionysus187
Thats not how acronyms work.
fleanis
So what if any acronym starting with "G" made a hard or soft "G" sound? Green Environment Organization? GEO or JEO?
SkeuomorphicallyInclined
George Lucas calls the ice planet Hoe-th. Don't make it right.
OrkfaellerX
Goongas https://youtu.be/kCi5PrlmEFo
amop
mfer wanted to male skywalker blue too
MSNDRSTD
It does when you have a reason for it.
jrad115
If he does, he never bothered to correct Admiral Piett's pronunciation. https://youtu.be/YJ3v8IMe2ok?t=18
SuperRockinMrMagic
no you're a hoe-th
Krono562
Adam?
lukeessss
Mike Tyson loves the Hoe-th
blacknsilver86
InformalProof
Also the jazz music they play in the canteen George Lucas calls "Jizz" music
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
Biggest fucking troll of all time
LordLuco
He is wrong
snowgim
I always loved that bit in BTS of ep1 where someone asks 'is it shmee or shmeye?', and he confidently replies 'shmeye'.
TheRicM
Is it George or Jeorge
filthbucketsfullofpuke
When you say George..is it George as a Jorge? Or as Gift?
seamusthehound
Mark Hamill said he's asked him several times how things are pronounced and he always says "it's regional" i.e. say it however you want
Sklumlord
Urge to kill George Lucas always goin up...
silvermoon88
On a related note, evidently the correct way to say AT-AT is literally "at at". But then, AT-ST is just.. a t s t. I don't get it man.
CrimeBrulee
Don't they call them a.t.a.t in the movie?
silvermoon88
Not sure, I don't recall it offhand but it has been a while. I think they just called them 'Imperial walkers' the whole time
EmporerDragon
"a t a t" is used pretty frequently as well. The AT-ST just doesn't have a good slang term beyond "walker".
HalucinogenicCacti
Some refer to them as Chicken Walkers
silvermoon88
Oh yeah a t a t is used more often and sounds better to most fans, but according to Lucasfilm, it is actually "at at". Interesting, I guess
zato
It must really hurt you emotionally when people pronounce "Sloth" properly, then. Americans really are stupid.
Dutch7
so edgy, so cool to rip on americans, youre such a badass. Just leading the world in innovation over here. Our women are better looking too
Asterfix
Is is pronounced slow-th?
zato
It is. Just like how Lucas pronounces it Hoe-th. It's hilarious to see people tell the creator of something that their name for it, is wrong
Leithreas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUtIhYUDOgg Both are fine, dawg. Like lambast.
Vezwyx
Right, except they say "hah-th" in Ep. V. I'm taking the pronunciation professed to be from the people in the actual world over Lucas'
zato
You mean, the person who created said World? Funny. I guess fictional people hold more sway than real ones. You must be religious.
padgie
Oh Lucas and his, "laser swords."
Flyndaran
Plasma not light, and longsword shaped not saber. Nothing in that item is named correctly.
idiotcube
It's like poetry, sort of, they rhyme...
Whenceitcame
Email me if you wanna pizza roll...
jimmythejedi
But they call it "Hoth" in Empire. "Sixth planet of Hoth system." Not Hoe-th.
beerguy420pm
That's because they didn't have the technology to properly say it when it was filmed. Will be fixed in a future edit
TheWaterHorse
LMAO
Nuketified
Ow my heart.
theadventuresofpotatoman
under-rated comment +1
SkeuomorphicallyInclined
That's the point. The creator doesn't always determine the right way. Edison wanted us to answer the phone "ahoy-hoy".
Showmeyourotters
JK Rowling intended the "t" in Voldemort to be silent. I've never seen anyone say it that way unless demonstrating how it's supposed to be.
PigMarshBetweenTwoSaltWaters
Edison? Edison didn't invent the fucking phone. That sneaky bastard
SkeuomorphicallyInclined
You are correct. I was very tired.
PigMarshBetweenTwoSaltWaters
It was a Canadian of course.
RedDwarfIV
Bell preferred "Ahoy", Edison is credited with "Hello?"
SkeuomorphicallyInclined
I call corrected.
zergzapper
I'll be honest I'd prefer ahoy by a wide margin you can't say ahoy properly in a shit mood
BadReactionToSimochi
"A-fucken-hoy-hoy" almost sounds like if Doodlebob was cursin'.
snakeoilsalesman
Twee-lek vs Twy-lek drives me Bantha shit.
JaimefuckinLannister
Which one is it?
NotGarrusVakarian
I've always heard the twee variant
ElbowDeepInASnake
I've always said Twy
JaimefuckinLannister
Same here
FlurfMcGurf
I actually heard Lucas pronounce Leia, "lee-ah" in an interview...Anyway, 'JIF' is annoying on multiple levels
SkeuomorphicallyInclined
+1 for being on topic
theavengingewok
Does he really?
TheWaterHorse
finitemachine0
No.
SkeuomorphicallyInclined
Actually he does. HO-th not hoth. You can look it up online.
finitemachine0
No i cant.
SkeuomorphicallyInclined
It was in one of the special features. Though I heard it from a former ILM employee
freegiant
He doth.
SomeRandomDane
Oh noe-th
brownribbon
doth or doe-th?
rbudrick
That is correct.
GeneralGrievousHisCollection
Correcth*
freegiant
Both.
Selerox
Yes, but we've also established that George Lucas is wrong on principle.
boogaloobear
At least we got Darth Maul lightsaber fight, and the Obi-Wan Anakin fight. Those were sweeet
Selerox
Doesn't for one fucking second make up for the failed abortion that was - and is- Hayden Christensen.
PlagueDoctorInDaHouse
I also really enjoyed the Yoda vs Count Dooku fight
Nejanezgahnii
The same people who pronounce it as "jif" are the same people who believe the earth is flat.
IMGURISSUPERCOOL
The earth is flat you incredibly moist saturated fucking pussy
Noja190
Prove it.
TedTheMan
Amen brother!
upvotehypnotoad
Just like the pretentious cunts who call Rodeo Drive "Rodayo" drive. Like, "bitch, you on your high horse, you should know what a Rodeo is"
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Actually the Earth is pizza slice shaped.
keksack
So, the Earth is flat then
CaptRealBad
Its a cube for crying out loud dang it!
TheHoleStretcher3000
Phhhffffftttt alternative facts
StormageddonDarkLordOfAllAKAAlfie
The same people that same people are the same people who same people same people samepeoplesamepeoplesamepeople.
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
Manbehindthemadness
"Your gifs will never stand up the ultimate moral high ground of choosing intel over AMD and Nvidia over ATI" - childish flame instigator
Manbehindthemadness
lol I haven't checked is the platform rage still a thing?
ausernamewhat
And don't vaccinate their children.
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
Of course not, as we have no children.
stoploggingmeoutImgurIfuckingswear
Truth. Dink for life.
TonyStarkWantsOne
WirenutsInYourButts
They also probably designed them to no longer be viewable in Windows photo viewer after Windows 7. :(
xZelas
fight me
BookerT420
puttputtinthebuttbutt
This is wayyyy funnier than it should be
zeroofshadow
i love gir-raffes, and drinking my guh-in tonic, and my guh-ipsy friends.
Harveyq
What's so bad about people who believe the earth is flat, I've heard they have members all around the world.
reaperofgames1
Praise be to OC
throughthoughtthough
Throws cabbages at the round earther.
houtaku
heinleinfan
Ted Bundy pronouced it "jif".
StormageddonDarkLordOfAllAKAAlfie
So did Ted Nugent. Your move.
slickdickricktherockskippingchampionoftheworld
slickdickricktherockskippingchampionoftheworld
so did your mom till she met him.
jimmy351
For about 45 m8nutes
jimmy351
Minutes* stupid goddamn website
slickdickricktherockskippingchampionoftheworld
Hahaha argh damn auto correct.
Duskiewastaken
I pronounce it jif. Because in french g is soft on i unless there's a u between them. gif = jif, guif = american gif. Also earth isnt flat.
szai
I've just always said it with a soft 'g' and feel it's a silly thing to argue about... People know what I mean so who cares.
Synai
Yes, same reason imgur shouldn't be spelled that way if they wanted to go for 'imager' -.-
Duskiewastaken
I often hesitate between imager and imajiur :/
Gianttesticlemonster
Kyrie Irving?
iamthisguy247
Is he a flat earther?
kaver
he trolled people pretending to be a flat earther
marylanddd
wait that wasn't for real?
navvus
Looked for this comment
Gianttesticlemonster
Many thanks sir or madam
minkuschild
Do you say giraffe as grrr raff? Fuck no. Its a soft g. Jur raff. Fuckin elglish. Learn it. FUCKING G FOLLOWED BY I MAKE SOFT SOUND!
Cortanadog
Maybe this is the wrong place for such a strange word, but how do you say "girl" moron?
ReallyBadName
The giraffe ate the giant General at the gym. This gym had a gem covered in germs. Don't call people morons, you idiot.
Synai
He's not saying a soft g never happens, he was providing a counter example. But you shouldn't call people morons I agree
Cortanadog
Don't call me an idiot, moron.i have feelings too, probably
EhIsForCanehdians
1.) Not true, I believe the earth is carried on the back of a jiant jiraffe roaming the Safari looking for food and shrouding us in darkness
ThereAreSomeWhoCallMeeeTim
Behold the turtle of enormous girth, on his back he holds the Earth.
EhIsForCanehdians
2.) As it stretches it's jreat neck to reach for leaves from even the highest trees.
olds97lss
You like Apple products don't you.
ThereAreSomeWhoCallMeeeTim
Behold the turtle of enormous girth, on his back he holds the Earth.
tslard
Dum a chee, dum a chuck
balmut
Jirth
VoidAnihilation
Jraphical Image Format
imadethisaccounttoupvotethings
But literally GIF is the word gift, without the T. There should be no discussion on pronunciation. It's GIF.
LizardEnterprises
Light Amplification by Zimulated Emission of Radiation
BeerAndWhiskey
Graphic Interchange Format
Finduses
Language is mostly arbitrary anyway. English has few rules without exceptions.
Thedailywumbo
Sylthrim
Google what an acronym and then you will see how idiotic your comment was.
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
So the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be pronounced "Naesa"?
PETTdavids
A B C D E F Gee?
Frederf
Not how acronym pronunciation works.
danishjuggler21
Joint Potographics Experts Group?
balmut
Jroup
msa011
JEYFEG
ShrubNinja
Or self contained oonderwater breathing apparatus?
briar147
Oh god, you're gonna open a whole 'nother can of worms.
HailLordCthulhu
OfMiceAndMenus
Yeah, and the logo for imgur is a jiraffe.
captaindark
Maybe to end the debate we should just use the Joint Potographic Experts Group file type. It's great for saving potos.
LizardEnterprises
Self-Contained Oonderwater Breathing Apparatus
drbloodloss
But...but it is spelled Scuba!
Synai
I think you missed the point that was attempted to be made
LizardEnterprises
I know! It's almost like English is a bastard language completely divorced from its phonetic roots, where spelling is totally arbitrary!
LizardEnterprises
Ya know... almost.
standingWiper
So grif then?
CaptainConfused
It's not Grimfo, it's Gif, like the first letter of each word.
JamesProton
Along with Agent guy, how do you pronounce laser, jpeg, NATO...
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
You ever wonder why we're here?
ButtercupTheSmallFox
Well, that's one of life's great mysteries.
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
No, I mean why are we HERE, in this canyon?
standingWiper
Blze001
Wait, so how am I supposed to pronounce giraffe? Guraffe?
ButtholeIceCreamParlor
Yuraff
TheGirafe
You better not
SuchNameWow
giraffical
Kalid19
Yeah, english is fucked. But the "graphic" of Graphic-Interchange-Format is not usually pronounced Ji-raphic.
Blze001
And the "stimulated" of "laser" isn't usually pronounced "ztimulated", yet we pronounce laser with a Z sound.
FWAKADATHOOM
Ground-Infantry is pronounced JEE-eye (as in GI Joe) and Gastrointestinal-Tract is called the JEE-eye tract in medicine
Kalid19
Never had that pointed out......this honestly hurts my head.
FWAKADATHOOM
It's a real stretch though. Your initial statement still stands, english is fucked.
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FWAKADATHOOM
Geriatric, geography, gentle, gerontology, geronimo, giant, Germany...That's all I got.
IVerifyPeoplesUsernames
Giacchino, geology, genetics, genotype, genitals, genetic...I got nothing else.
traktoren
Gift
IAmAPoohBear
None of those start with GR though.
FreudianLisp
neither does GIF
IAmAPoohBear
I was replying to the person who was trying to say Giraffe was why Juraphical was logical. Which didn't meet the circlejerk criteria.
ImJustSayian
You dont pronounce acronyms based off the sounds of the individual words
IAmAPoohBear
None of the words they listed were acronyms, try again?
EvilKam
General, gentle, germ, giant, ginger (for the double shot win), giraffe, gym, gypsy.
XFMR
Go get good, golly god sure gave you some poor language skills you gullible gaff.
EvilKam
Your examples do not change the crux of the argument. The inventor gets to name the invention, end story.
XFMR
Well yeah. I wasn't making that point. I was just saying something with a lot of hard g's in it.
EvilKam
Then I shall applaud your poetic excellence.
Whovian3000
I jave you a jift on your birthday I hope it's a jood one
EvilKam
If you're the inventor of "jifts" then no problem.
ConfusedAxis
And if it was "Gypsy Image Format", you'd be right.
EvilKam
When you invent a new file format, you too will have the freedom to name it what you want and spell it how you want.
EverythingisSubjective
Some people are just morons. Including the .gif creator.
ConfusedAxis
Nah, he's a brilliant dude. But the idea of "he can pick how it's pronounced." is stupid. What if he said "it's pronounced 'Penguins'"?
EverythingisSubjective
Yeah I agree. I was just kinda making a joke.
EvilKam
If he invented or discovered Penguins, then he would. He didn't discover or invent penguins, so that is not his choice.
Flamingle
Ya but dude you DO NOT PRONOUNCE GRAPHIC WITH A J SOUNDING G THAT IS THE POINT
smilodonthefatalis
Jpeg stands for "Joint Photographic Experts Group". Do you pronounce it Jupheg?
EvilKam
No it is not the point. When you invent or discover something, you get to name it. That's one of the benefits of inventing and discovering
kenshin4658
You can name it whatever you want, popular opinion is what sticks. We mispronounce many "english" words. Convention > invention.
ihavethekeytotheuniv
HE DID! HE NAMED IT GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT. G FOR GRAPHICS NOT J FOE JRAPHICS
EvilKam
Your argument is invalidated by the existence of words such as German, ginger, giraffe, gypsy, and germ.
theavengingewok
But he named it wrong
EvilKam
No, he named it. As the inventor/creator, his whim is the only qualifier for what is correct. When you invent something, it's your whim.
BeeeardedMan
Sure, but you don't magically bypass or change common English rules. This isn't a colloquialism, he is simply wrong.
EvilKam
As a fabricated word with no linguistic precedent, there is no previous convention. No history of declension or pronunciation applies.