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News GIF pronounced 'jif', and don't you forget it!

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Meanmotion, 22 May 2013.

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  1. Phalanx

    Phalanx Needs more dragons and stuff.

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    Agreed. Way too late now.
     
    Phalanx, 22 May 2013
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  2. The_Crapman

    The_Crapman World's worst stuntman. Lover of bit-tech

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    That was after complaints about too many ruined pancake days.

    Oh wait i've got a good one......... VAGINA.
     
    The_Crapman, 22 May 2013
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  3. Spuzzell

    Spuzzell What's a Dremel?

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    What?

    No.

    It's Guh IF, because it is. Sorry bald inventor man.
     
    Spuzzell, 22 May 2013
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  4. Spuzzell

    Spuzzell What's a Dremel?

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    Conjratulations.
     
    Spuzzell, 22 May 2013
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  5. BentAnat

    BentAnat Software Dev

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    Did the inventor of the word decide how to pronounce "colonel"? Yes? He's a f***ing idiot then.
    In short: each to their own. Oxford says that both are ok... that's that then.
     
    BentAnat, 22 May 2013
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  6. Bloodburgers

    Bloodburgers Minimodder

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    By the rules of the English language the correct spelling of fish should be GHOTI
     
    Bloodburgers, 22 May 2013
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  7. Dave Lister

    Dave Lister Minimodder

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    Hard G for me, but maybe I should change that now I've been educated in how to pronounce a file type extensions name !
     
    Dave Lister, 22 May 2013
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  8. Phalanx

    Phalanx Needs more dragons and stuff.

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    Definitely something ghotiy going on here...
     
    Phalanx, 22 May 2013
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  9. jinq-sea

    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    What a complete goke. Hahahaha!
     
    jinq-sea, 22 May 2013
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  10. Ljs

    Ljs Modder

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    If he wanted it to be pronounced 'jif', he should have given it a .jif extension.
     
    Ljs, 22 May 2013
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  11. biojellywobbles

    biojellywobbles Minimodder

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    Yay! I've been saying it right all along, screw all of you!
     
    biojellywobbles, 22 May 2013
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  12. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    That has been taken by the JPEG Interchange Format, although to be fair that only came in 1991 - four years after GIF had been named.
     
    Gareth Halfacree, 22 May 2013
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  13. Star*Dagger

    Star*Dagger What's a Dremel?

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    Funny how people can not accept correction. It has always been gif prounounced jif.

    End of story.
     
    Star*Dagger, 22 May 2013
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  14. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    As if dyslexics don't have enough to worry about....
     
    Corky42, 22 May 2013
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  15. Griffter

    Griffter What's a Dremel?

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    Hard G baby.. all night long!
     
    Griffter, 22 May 2013
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  16. Draksis

    Draksis What's a Dremel?

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    and not a single f**k was given
     
    Draksis, 22 May 2013
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  17. Zener Diode

    Zener Diode User Title

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    Dear Steve Wilhite

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    Hard g makes more sense. If you want a word to be pronounced with soft g, use j instead, why not? Apply the reverse, if you have a word with a g, let it be a hard g. Having a soft g at all creates ambiguity. Just because words like giraffe exist, doesn't mean we should continue the trend.
     
    Zener Diode, 22 May 2013
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  18. bowman

    bowman Minimodder

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    You may have invented the format but that doesn't mean you know anything about linguistics.
     
    bowman, 22 May 2013
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  19. Tim S

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    So basically, it's pronounced "Geoff" in Australian.
     
    Tim S, 22 May 2013
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  20. Guinevere

    Guinevere Mega Mom

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    No. It's not pronounced 'jif'... Well it is but only by a very VERY small minority of people.

    It is pronounced with a hard G, because that is how it is pronounced when most people say the word... and yes I'm now claiming it's a word too! Bite me.

    Someone do a poll!
     
    Guinevere, 22 May 2013
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