I know he says it’s pronounced “jif”, but I just don’t care. It’s like “gift” without the t
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dreadedsemi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The author calls it JIF. He intended it as Jif because he has butter fingers and like butter brand JIF.
mookulator@lemmy.world 11 months ago
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Let’s be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. “Women” is pronounced with an “i” for christ sake
tryptaminev@feddit.de 11 months ago
Because the a in woman is pronounced the same way the e in women is pronounced…
Probably that was originally introduced by some medieval swinger society, so they could say that they are faithful to their women and technically not be lying about it. When the church figured out they introduced the o as an i thing.
Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Because the a in woman is pronounced the same way the e in women is pronounced…
woman = wum-en
women = wim-inYeah I’m gonna have to disagree with you there, chief.
SimplyATable@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or like “gin” with an f?
ericisshort@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ginf? That’s a new one.
late_night@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
No, you’re supposed to replace the letter, not add it, so “fin”
SimplyATable@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh come on, you know what I mean
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Never. No.
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s more like giant or gin or giraffe.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
No, it’s more like give or get or girl.
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Get is not even gi
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This makes no sense. It stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”, do they pronounce it jraphics too?
Perhaps@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How do you pronounce JPEG? Jay-feg?
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yep, I take your point
Seems an odd choice in gif’s case still, as you can use the starting letter sounds from each word and it doesn’t sound weird.
Not the same for jpeg. P by itself doesn’t make a ph sound.
nothing@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yeah, I always read it as “Jif” then came the correctness police of Reddit and I was bullied into “Gif” by guilt.
And now some 8-40 years later, I feel anything but “Gif” is wrong. Help!
Dee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Help!
Absolutely not, I don’t say this often but those bullies did the right thing.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Do you pronunce it guilt or juilt? Okay bad question
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How do you pronounce giraffe? or giant? or gin?
Ryctre@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I thought it was at least jood.
penguin@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
He made the format, not English.
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ya and in English, we pronounce things like giant, giraffe, gin, etc. with a “j” sound.
penguin@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Find me a closer English word than “Gift” that uses a J sound for the G
thimantha@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Gin
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
English doesn’t work that way. Man is the closest work to woman. Doesn’t mean you pronounce the “m” “a” “n” in the two words the same way.
tryptaminev@feddit.de 11 months ago
Nobody made english, nor is a language static. It is an everchanging result of millions of people using and evolving it.
A language that doesn’t change is dead, like latin is. So any rule of how something is supposed to be in a language is subject to time and place, but never absolute.
penguin@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That’s my point. If everyone pronounces a word a certain way, THAT is its correct pronunciation. The first person to say a thing doesn’t get to tell everyone else they’re wrong.
Everyone started using the word “literally” to mean figuratively, so the official definition changed to mean either or.
Everyone says GIF similar to gift, then that’s the proper pronunciation. Creator has no say.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Good thing word coiners don’t get full control over word usage.
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They do though when they are right.
Tater291@lemm.ee 11 months ago
He didn’t intend shit. He just wanted to watch the world burn!
MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t really give a fuck what he intended. If he wanted it to be pronounced JIF he should have named it that.
zefiax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So how do you pronounce giraffe or giant or gin?
Lorela@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How do you pronounce “graphic”?
samus12345@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How do you pronounce “underwater?” (It’s the “u” in scuba)
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Copyright concerns?
QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m sorry, but he waited 26 years to tell everyone how it’s pronounced… at this point you can go with the majority, or stick with however you want to pronounce it.
jscummy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Can you really just drop a hard G like that though? Thought that was only okay for them to say
norawibb@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
And British people made English, but they don’t say anything right either.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Little ironic… but ok.
Butters@lemmywinks.com 11 months ago
But the food is delicious.