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Jul 12, 2016 5:09 AM
HirmiAsh
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TheLoyalVike
Already on the FP and your opinion is bad.
gotwoodhead
I can see his accent
saryos
people care too much about things that don't matter
Nautas
It's pronounced like "Gift" without the "t".
TakeThisGifAsATokenOfMyAppreciation
poopofdestiny
Hard G sounds better. Suck it trebeck.
iShouldBeWorking42
I always just look at it this way: it's 3/4 of the word "gift". Hence, hard g. It's not complicated
hadji
Enjoy your grraff, so-halled hard gs.
LivingDecomposition
I use a hard G, but this doesn't make sense. Since when do the words in an acronym effect how you say the acronym?
qezler
So you pronounce NASA Neisa?
Juanthetank
Cool
OccasionalPunctuation
#teamValor
rianocerous
#hardgforlife
DarkNinja2462
The only one I think is valid out of this gif is that it's pronounced GIFt not jift. Gift without the T
gonesurfyn
The Giant Gentle Giraffe Geoffrey Generated a Gigantic Germ-ridden Gem-like Gel... well you get the gist
Chawzilla
*googly image fuckery
AlejandroBajo
While you're at it talk to my friend, Gina the Giant Giraffe. You Giackass.
Shardikprime
ITS GACKASS
Gorapora
Generously gigantic giraffes gently gyrate in generic gyms. Roger that?
gearsmith
in this case it would be: "Generously gigantic giraffes graphicly gyrate in generic gyms"
Gorapora
George's ginger gerbil gestated, generating a germ gel.
qazbar
I just now lodged in to imgur.
Gorapora
Roger that.
HypnagogicHallucinations
I Am Grrr
iwaslikeduuude
I love that everyone forgets that the PERSON WHO CAME UP WITH THE ACRONYM PRONOUNCES IT "JIF."
Jengateng
And? They can be fucking WRONG too!
usersubsurfing
http://i.imgur.com/oypGTjA
BlackTwitterRep
Id love to slap this idiot
gearsmith
Idiot slapped.
UnpopularOpinions
NotNotDeadpool
FizzleBurger
I really don't care either way on this debate, but I fucking hate this gif because it's just a bad argument.
avalani
My husband and I both say it differently. He used to mock me every time, now we just agree to disagree and stopped correcting each other.
HerrBisch
Completely agree. Watch Hank Green's videos about it.
FizzleBurger
Hank's exactly right: the only people using this argument are people with confirmation bias who want to be proved right.
Gorapora
NASA. AIDS. RAID. SCUBA. LASER. UNICEF. ASAP, MILF. Aeronautic, Autoimmune, Array, Underwater, Amplification, Children, As, I.
bagginsesvsskywalkers
Yeah, you tell 'em!
ShaitanTheUnborn
Giant, generosity, gym, geography, need I go on?
Prok
Gif-t...
Prok
This is probably the main reason I'm on team G... because it's already so similar to a word we use regularly...
photony
graphics...NEED I GO ON?
ImperatorAugustus
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/
Gorapora
Generically gentle gigantic giraffes gently gyrate.
gearsmith
While those are all 'G' words expressing the 'J' sound, you're forgetting one thing. The G in this case stands for Graphics, not Jraphics.
Gorapora
The C in UNICEF stands for Children, not Sildren. The S in TASER stands for Swift, not Zwift. The U in Scuba stans for Underwater, not oond
f1223214
Taser, Laser tbh it's the same issue. But does it really matter ? I'm pretty sure most ppl would understand gif no matter if it's a G or J.
Phyrkrakr
Nobody says Jay-Feg, even though the P stands for "photo". Jee Eye Eff = jif
Irreal
But I pronounce Photo as Pfoto
aguacatedeldiablo
In this case the rule is broken in the acronym (PH makes an F sound, the acronym has no H) . The same is not true for GIF.
aguacatedeldiablo
Hence why there's only one debate - the pronunciation of am acronym is going to be phonetic. And the most compelling arguments argue hard G.
Eldibs
Nobody says "Sc-uh-ba" even though the "U" in "SCUBA" stands for "Underwater."
thewordFish
I don't even know how many people even know scuba was an abbreviation.
Eldibs
Same with "LASER." It's been in use for so long that most people forgot it was an acronym.
SankingDragon
The real answer is that in English, following a g with an i usually makes the g hard. Not always, but usually.
AmbiguousGardens
First: no. Second: it's an acronym. Not a word
Nicidimus
That may be true, but this is technically an acronym, not a word.
HermanManly
When I follow G's around they never get hard :(
BookWormStud
Like in JIRLS
AeroEngineer
And imgur's sacred mascot... the Giraffe... ... wait a minute...
RadioactiveCanuck
Actually, the rule is soft G follows I, E or Y, though there are exceptions like words of Germanic Origins and Scottish/Hebrew Names.
ShaitanTheUnborn
Ignorant Iguanas. (As you said there are exceptions)
RadioactiveCanuck
sorry, I worded that wrong, I meant when a G is before an I, E or Y, it's a soft G.
piratejenny
There are more exceptions than there are words that follow that "rule"
RadioactiveCanuck
That's because we stole A LOT of words from the Germanic people. English is like the Kleptomaniac of languages.
graygrif
I don't know if you can say English stole words from the Germanic people when English splintered off from German, beginning about 1066
Gorapora
Giddy giants drinking gifted gin gingerly. English is terrible, haha.
iamthisguy247
"The only rule is there are no rules, welcome to anarchy " - English language, probably.
SwedishElectricianandSchnitzelGuru
Also applies for Swedish. And they're the only languages I speak, great combo!
AuroraNora33
As a Norwegian I can confirm, Swedish makes little sense
Randommane
What do you mean by probably?
dandoamando91
he misspelled definitely.
playsdarksoulswaytoomuch
What are we gonna start calling them jiraffes now?!
PainfullySynestheic
*to everyone else* Should I tell 'em?
Basher626
Jew! ...oh wait...
gearsmith
Why not Grr-raphs?
DorthLous
Because Scuba, not scuhba
ghostwarlock
Scuba actually originated as an acronym that stood for "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus"
ZombieJonSnow
Yeah!
DorthLous
That's my point...
pergh
Don't know why you're downvoted. +1 cause you're right
MyBrainIsPlastiDipped
This is an invalid argument. There are several acronyms out there that switch hard/soft consonants. Google search Acronyms and you'll see.
Verelse
Even the inventor called it GIF until he started calling it JIF. He's trolling people.
DontcallmeLen
You mean Joogle?
IThinkAboutBoobsALot
This man right here, officer. He broke the law
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zmurfus
Had be funny if it had been... Test the "Jewi"
DorthLous
Because "gu" is pronounced gg, not juh (unless you can find me examples contradicting this.)
Gorapora
Some examples: AIDS, SCUBA, NASA, UNICEF, RAID, ASAP, LASER
mustconsistoflettersandnumbersonly
In response to ALL your posts in this thread : "what?!"
AuroraNora33
what? I don't understand please explain I'm sorry
blorphs
Half of those words don't even contain consonants that can be pronounced more than one way???
Gorapora
try NATO & TASER.
Veit
Well, TASER is kind of a BS one anyway, it originally stood for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle, but now is just a brand name--Taser.
Gorapora
Original pronunciation doesn't matter.
Gorapora
AIDS - Autoimmune. No one says "Ah-ids". SCUBA - Underwater. No one says Skuh-buh. Both vowels and consonants change in acronyms.
mustconsistoflettersandnumbersonly
Wut?
thorkild91
The vowels are making different sounds
ImperatorAugustus
The guy who first made the Gif says it's pronounced Jif so it's pronounced Jif. At least in my mind.
micicle
The ultimate troll.
therealbaronmunchausen
You mean the juy, surely?
EvenStevensEvenSemen
He's a programmer, so I don't tell him how to do his job, so I'd appreciate it if he didn't tell linguists how to do there's
ImperatorAugustus
He made it. He named it. Would you want someone to tell you how you should be pronouncing your kids name?
EvenStevensEvenSemen
He made the "correction" after the fact
ImperatorAugustus
Do you have proof of that? Or again, are you just assuming?
EvenStevensEvenSemen
It was in an interview from a few years ago where he made the distinction, well after the invention of the formatt
Threatonis
Doesn't matter what the creator says when the masses say "it'
ImperatorAugustus
But it seems to be pretty equal cut between 'gif' and 'Jif'.
informationaccount
if steve jobs said it was pronounced eh-phone, would you call it that?
Malkhuth
You mean if the guy that introduced the product to a global audience on stage? Uh ... yeah.
informationaccount
"this is the new EHHHHHH phone fives. iphone5s
ImperatorAugustus
Yup.
informationaccount
would actually be kinda funny if the (eh) pronunciation caught on... it would make iphone buyers sound about as dumb as they really are.
ImperatorAugustus
I don't much care, either way. I got an eh-Phone cause my work told me to and paid for it.
informationaccount
that's a logical and understandable reason to use an ehhhh-phone.
Verelse
He changed after > 15 years of calling it GIF...I suspect he is trolling
ImperatorAugustus
No. He did not 'change it' after 15 years. Somebody bothered to ask him what the pronunciation was. If you can show me him previously 1/?
ImperatorAugustus
Pronouncing it 'gif' in the last 15 years, I will concede the point. Otherwise your making assumptions. 2/2
ImperatorAugustus
You're-*
Verelse
No, you are the contrarian. You show ME a video of him pronouncing it JIF or you're making assumptions.
ImperatorAugustus
There is absolutely no reason to assume, or believe, he is lying. Which is what you're doing with that statement.
Verelse
No, I said he is trolling. Don't slip into self-righteousness or he wins.
ImperatorAugustus
...He said it was pronounced Jif. In an interview! It's widely and easily available. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/
Verelse
I mean from 15 years ago as you asserted. I had a CS (901670,424) account and NO ONE pronounced it JIF.
HD226868
If I write a book and in it a kitten falls from a tree, if I later say there was no kitten, am I right because I wrote it? No of course not!
ChloePrice
That's not even the same situation though.
ImperatorAugustus
If you name your child something, and people mispronounce its name, is that the child's new name now?
Motherschmucker
Motherschmucker
I like you ????
UnpopularOpinions
Yes.
intothepitt
if i name my child Greg, and say it's pronounced Dinosaur, but other people pronounce it Greg, who's right?
ImperatorAugustus
If you name your child Geoff and pronounce it 'Jeff' but people pronounce it Gef with a hard G, who is right?
intothepitt
My dad's called Jeff, and it's spelt that way too. Geoff is a stupid spelling, and deserves to be pronounced incorrectly