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TheBlackWindHowls
You can pronounce it either way around normal people, because the only people who get assy about it are turbonerds.
madings
Everyone who makes this argument must pronounce JPEG as J-Feg or admit that their argument is utter bull.
theyregooddogsbrant
everypostepic
DarkNinja2462
Data would never say such horrible things. That's Lore.
K2S0
I love jiving my jirlfriend a jift on Thanksjiving.
ssjb234
Giovanni, the giant giraffe likes drink gin on the weekends.
WhoCaresJustPickAName
Jif is peanut butter
Athenawins
Flat earthners call it jif
winchent
Pretty sure the flat earthers are the ones who don't accept change, so surely they should be the ones who can't accept Gif with a soft G?
UserSubHunterOfIndeterminateGender
Zhaif. There, I said it.
cyno01
Start a peanut butter company named Gif, wait for the inevitable lawsuit, let a court of law decide the pronunciation once and for all.
Janusha
And also its Gif with a G as in Gun. This is non negotiable.
IAmWAYTooOldForThisShite
Non nejotiable ... ?
wylwrk
GIF is an acronym. Now that you've been reminded, go look up what that acronym is.
ChunkyChewbacca
Tornadotaco
It's with a soft g captain.
pennarsson
Beefkins
Every other 3 letter word in English that starts with G uses the hard G except Gin, which is Dutch and short for Jenever (juniper). It's GIF
MrKibbs
So what the fuck is it "gif" or "gif"?
Gra55hopper
gif
MrKibbs
oh okay gif got it so not gif
WorkerLurker
Zuckerberg sure likes to cause problems.
ChristopherWalkensVoice
If you gotta spell it "jif" so people know how your pronouncing it, maybe its wrong.
HvpE
^^^this!!!
Ionlysaystarwarsquotes
DanTheStanMan
Nice jiff.
TotalLiar
Username checks out
Ionlysaystarwarsquotes
tyannicalmuppet
I just pronounce the letters. G.I.F.
winchent
I like you.
TezuNii
Finally, another person with Common sense.
gayrat5
It’s pronounced gif not gif
winchent
That's the right answer
winchent
That's the right answer
squelcheswetly
The inventor of the gif says “jif,” but that doesn’t mean he’s right. Jraphic Interchange Format is nonsense. Hard G, melonfarmers!
Babaloga
I agree with your conclusion but the logic you use to get there is flawed.
mearas
You don't pronounce acronyms as you pronounce the words themself. There are plenty of examples.
khazaria
"light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation" or "laser."
IAmWAYTooOldForThisShite
Anyone who pronounces L-A-S-E-R like laysser is a looser.
SirMazing
J is pronounced as an h where I'm from.....
elucidatefurther
If only we could ask its creator for its pronunciation. If only.
TheBasementNerd
Giraffe, gist, ginger, gin
SushiJaguar
Indeed, the acronym GIF definitely has a j sound it in. Except it doesn't because the first initial stands for "graphics" not "giraffics".
khazaria
What's the acronym for laser and the pronunciation of it?
MechanizedAttackPidgeon
L is the same in light and laser...
MechanizedAttackPidgeon
And the s sounds almost the same either way only things that would really change anything are the vowels.
khazaria
S and Z sound pretty different, but how about jpeg and scuba? Clearly the original pronunciation of words in an acronym don't matter.
Seeker61
Gift, Gill (the fish organ, not the liquid measure, because that's pronounced jill) ... well crap. I give up
HerpestonMcDerping
You words of wisdom are a jift.
nigelandco
Don’t flip out if you hear someone pronounce in either way, understand why it might be intuitive to say jif and be a sane reasonable adult.
FraudulentPepsi
It's not just intuitive, it's the way it was originally intended.
inikini
The only people who are wrong in the gif pronunciation discussion are the ones that argue for one or the other.
AlexSomething
It is intuitive at least in French for example ; we would pronounce it "jif" because that's how you always pronounce the syllabe "gi"
AlexSomething
To pronounce it with a hard 'g' would require a 'u' as in "gui". Also why "Imgur" doesn't intuitively sound as "imager" in French "Eemggurr"
ApplebeesOfficial
OR: You can indulge in a pedantic argument for the fun of it while knowing the insignificance. Few people I've met actually care, but
ApplebeesOfficial
because of this they are allowed to express a false passion because they know that people / relationships wont be hurt by a heated fight...
ApplebeesOfficial
over something so obviously pointless.
PulseRifleRodeo
Don't even get me started on the pronunciation of Imgur
dragonatthegate
"Imjer" obviously.
Badsequence
imager
tomtomson
im-ger
PulseRifleRodeo
But is that imager or im-jur? /:
Badsequence
imager
samtherat6
It's actually pronounced with a 'y'
MemeMachineWolfy
Nice.
SwaghettiYologneseWithMemeballs
DarkNinja2462
Like 900 years ago. The initial y got dropped so now it's just "if". In conclusion, the g is silent
HsuDoNihm
I wish they'd dropped the "i" instead, then I'd have a gf.
usersubbordercontrol
No, yiffers are something else
silverfoxxflame
Firefox actually has a tweet out there saying something like "Actually... we kinda like it. Yif it is." The furries jumped on it instantly
VitaminJay
IDontActuallyHaveUsername
chunkblaster
There really is a yif for everything
TheFriendliestGiant
Jyf?
leoszliard
my name Jyf
JDaveD
No, Gyf.
Bizarrogreg
Actually, it's yyy
Dualpsiioniic
Geoff?
BoltActionGearbox
Yeoss?
otherJeffsarefalseJeffs
It’s Graphics Interchange Format. Not Jraphics Interchange Format. It’s properly pronounced with a hard g.
IAmWAYTooOldForThisShite
Giraffics Interchange Format.
Badsequence
Giraffe Intimately Fornicates
khazaria
laser is "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation" not "light amplification by ztimulated emission of radiation."
KyndMiki
Lazer and laser sound exactly alike though. Difference between Gif and Jif is more noticeable. Also, do people actually call them lazers?
khazaria
They don't sound the same. Regardless, try scuba and jpeg. Acronym pronunciations have nothing to do with the original words.
Badsequence
self contained underwater breathing apparatus
khazaria
Exactly. Doesn't sound like how the first letter of each word is pronounced.
BluePaladin42
But in both the case of gif and laser, the sound we associate with the letter makes sense to how we pronounce words. Soft Gs at the start-
BluePaladin42
-of words is pretty rare, I think, if not non-existent.
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Babaloga
I don't really take a side here, but listing off soft-g words doesn't disprove the idea that they are relatively uncommon.
khazaria
Still different. And how about jpeg and scuba? Clearly the orignal words in an acronym don't matter in pronunciation.
otherJeffsarefalseJeffs
I’ll give you scuba, but I’ve always pronounced/heard people pronounce it as j-peg, which is inline with the words it stands for.
AssttoRegionalMgrDwightShelford
"Jiffy" or "Jif" or "jiff" is an informal measurement of time. That sound is already taken, gif is gif like gift, I'll die before I ...
FabulousOtters
lmao, as we all know words can only mean one thing.
BubbleTeaFox
Jif is also a peanut butter!
Raenon
Apologies, I generally don't share gin with rigid giraffes at the gym,they become unhinged. It's a giant, tragic danger of our age.
Kazahani
Will you marry me?
Raenon
You might imagine it strange,but my marriage to a genuine angel is at an advanced stage, and reading this page might cause a bit of a rage.
WiqidBritt
but do you enjoy watching gifs of people receiving gifts?
WiqidBritt
notice how none of those words have 'gif' in that order them?
Raenon
And plane is contained in planet, yet, they're pronounced differently.
thatmangodude
.jif is also a secondary extension for jpeg files. So you can't say jif for gif as it's already taken there
belortik
What about pronouncing gif like the "gi" in giraffe?
SirTiberius
Or George. General. Genital. Gel. Gem.
RedIronCrown
"Sound is already taken." Homonyms are a thing, I read that in a red book.
Badsequence
Homos are a thing just ask OP
Dearslay
https://youtu.be/4Ns9djGa-7I
Livingstone98
It's confusing and leads to communication problems. Yeah homonyms are a thing, but that doesn't mean we should encourage them.
khazaria
I've never had any communication problems pronouncing gif the way it was intended.
popecardinal
I agree. The real question then is, is it "imGur" or "imJur". A friend and I argue about this all the time.
Raenon
Well, its intended to be a shortened form of "imager"... how'd you pronounce that?
Kyrorayne
Imager
popecardinal
On the logic of Gif vs Jif, my vote is imGur.
languidcat
It's pronounced image-er. It's in the creators' notes.
popecardinal
False. They are wrong, as is the entire English language. ;)
AssttoRegionalMgrDwightShelford
Pronounce it Jif like an idiot.
mikeatc
I suggest that it’s not really pronounced, it’s just three letters G.I.F. (Like ATM)
HassanAlSabbah
*scoff* I bet you say ATM machine, too. Or PIN number.
mikeatc
Hey screw you, you need to apologize Aye.Ess.Aye.Pee. ASAP or as soon as possible!!!!
TwoToneeRebel
JIF IS THE CORRECT WAY
AssttoRegionalMgrDwightShelford
Hence the spelling right?
FraudulentPepsi
How do you pronounce "gem"? The inventor of the term has said it's pronounced "jif" and the joke used to be "choosy designers choose gifs".
AssttoRegionalMgrDwightShelford
Same way I pronounce Geoff, pisses my friend "Geff" off every time.
HubertFiorentini
"gem" isn't an acronym. You can decide to side with Wilhite or not, but that analogy isn't that great. It's not "jraphics" either.
CalOShaughnessy
just because he invented the term doesn't mean he isn't retarded when it comes to the basics of acronyms and the English language.
GPLink
Ah yes Jraphics Interchange Format. I'll make one with my jift for my joldfish.
winchent
The giraffe from Germany is generous with his gentlemanly genitals. Try saying that with a hard G.
GPLink
The geerafe from geermany is geenerous with his geentlemanly geenitals ok fair point
winchent
i won't lie, that made me chuckle
khazaria
I guess you mispronounce "laser."
wellthisjustgotinteresting
Yeah, I definitely prefer it to jphegs.
squelcheswetly
Solidarity!
GumSkyloard
You jotta search it up on Joojle 1st!
AndrlCh
Soft G is only used with gi, ge, and gy, and only when they are not in Germanic words, or Scottish and Hebrew names. Other exceptions exist
AndrlCh
but they are the result of mispronunciations that just became common, like gynecologist.
GumSkyloard
it's an acronym tho.. so shouldn't it have a hard g?
AndrlCh
You either pronounce an acronym as it is spelled, like SCUBA and LASER, or as individual letters like CIA or ATM. I can't think of any
Badsequence
So a Jynacologist
Badsequence
I actually like that way as Jyna sounds like vagina so a vagina-cologist
DirtRockets
Why are you under the impression an acronym should be pronounced like any word that composes it?
GPLink
Fair point.
mearas
Because people are stubborn.
MyBrainIsPlastiDipped
I have found several acronyms that don't follow this rule. I'm a 'JIF' guy, been sayin' JIF since the late eighties!
DirtRockets
Yeah, other folks have trotted out PIN (not pronounced 'pine'), SIM (not 'sime'), ICE (not 'ick-uh'), etc. When I first saw it I said it
DirtRockets
with a hard 'g' until my friend pointed out the creator used a soft 'g'. Well, the creator named the thing, it's his choice how it's said.
Babaloga
The creator of a word has no more authority on pronunciation than anyone else. In language, majority rules.