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  • dreadedsemi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The author calls it JIF. He intended it as Jif because he has butter fingers and like butter brand JIF.

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    • norawibb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      And British people made English, but they don’t say anything right either.

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      • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Little ironic… but ok.

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      • Butters@lemmywinks.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        But the food is delicious.

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    • mookulator@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      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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      • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Let’s be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. “Women” is pronounced with an “i” for christ sake

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      • SimplyATable@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Or like “gin” with an f?

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      • zefiax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        It’s more like giant or gin or giraffe.

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    • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      This makes no sense. It stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”, do they pronounce it jraphics too?

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      • Perhaps@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        How do you pronounce JPEG? Jay-feg?

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    • nothing@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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!

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      • Dee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Help!

        Absolutely not, I don’t say this often but those bullies did the right thing.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Do you pronunce it guilt or juilt? Okay bad question

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    • penguin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      He made the format, not English.

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      • zefiax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Ya and in English, we pronounce things like giant, giraffe, gin, etc. with a “j” sound.

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      • tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Good thing word coiners don’t get full control over word usage.

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      • zefiax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        They do though when they are right.

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    • Tater291@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      He didn’t intend shit. He just wanted to watch the world burn!

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    • MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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      • zefiax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        So how do you pronounce giraffe or giant or gin?

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      • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Copyright concerns?

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    • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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    • jscummy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Can you really just drop a hard G like that though? Thought that was only okay for them to say

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  • nxfsi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    G in gif stands for graphics just like how P in jpeg stands for poto

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    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I feel that if you’re going to bother people who pronounce it “Jiff” because Graphics, you have to also say “Sc-uh-bÆ” and “Lass-ear” and “ray-dare.”

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      • mcqtom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Don’t forget Nay-saa.

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    • Riccosuave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Gesus Krissed…

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      • Beelzebubba@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        He did what now?

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    • Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      G in gif stands for graphics just like how P in jpeg stands for potato

      FTFY

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    • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Wait until they find out about scuba and laser

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      • teuast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        skubba

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    • late_night@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      So really it should be pronounced “jfeg”

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    • teuast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      yeah it’s not “jraphics”

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  • betheydocrime@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Hard G and soft G are both acceptable pronunciatiations, the only way to be wrong in the situation is to insist that your preferred way to pronounce it is the only correct way to pronounce it

    Oh, and silent G. Silent G is wrong.

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    • cinnamorollyy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
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      • FlickeringScreens@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Image

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      • betheydocrime@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        How do I delete someone else’s comment

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    • TeoTwawki@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Gif you say so

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    • Iapar@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Hard R would also be wrong.

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      • evatronic@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I will never not smile when this comes up. Not because of the word, but because of Linus.

        youtu.be/MFDiuBomSuY

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    • Jtn670@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      No Gifs or Gbuts

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    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Gigh, as the Scots pronounce it. That’s the only way.

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    • damnson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Based and true

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  • gilbert31@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    English is phonetically inconsistent, you can find examples to support both ways of pronouncing it.

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    • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      There are some consistencies in letter patterns, just not in individual letters. For example, no word that starts with go-, ga-, or gu- pronounces the g like a j (except for the archaic gaol, and there’s a reason the spelling was changed to jail). It’s mainly limited to ge- and gi- words.

      Inconsistencies with the other options are probably due either to how the term came into English (English is practically built on loanwords) or some other subsequent pattern of letters I’m too lazy to try to identify.

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      • lanolinoil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        The J does what it wants

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  • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Man that's so clever and new. Like a giraffe drinking gin

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    • Oaksey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      and jraphics interchange format

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    • tar_xf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Or a guitar gift.

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    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      In a garage.

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  • RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I don’t really care for a logical explanation. JIF just sounds fucking stupid and yall know it.

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    • solstice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I call it Jife just to piss off everyone.

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      • StillWatersPony@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Zhaif! XD

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    • lanolinoil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      That’s how I feel about Giff though – yuck what an ugly word.

      I grew up eating Jif and we loved it

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      • brewdtype@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Not to mention it’s literally a “Choosy devs choose GIF” joke, aping “Choosy moms choose Jif”. Soft-g homies for jife.

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      • RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Nah, too damn close to jizz.

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m guessing you sip on ghin and juice (laid back)?

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  • m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    In English the correct way to pronounce something is the way that will most reliably communicate to your intended audience without ambiguity or distraction.

    Since my intention is usually to convey my superior knowledge of trivia and/or to stir shit up, I pronounce it with a soft g.

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    • marmo7ade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      You have perfectly described my entire purpose in life.

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  • Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I seen a guraffe at the zoo!

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  • scifu@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And how do you pronounce giraffe? Giant?

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  • napalminjello@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    We were literally told it was pronounced "jif" by the creator. Sorry if it hurts your little feelings

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  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It’s pronounced gif with a hard G.

    When I rise to power anyone who disagrees will be immediately found guilty of thought crimes and sentenced to castration, followed by execution, in that order.

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  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Wilhite says jif, I use jif. He created it, he gets to name it.

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  • kvinayak99@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I say jif. But when heard someone say jithub instead of github i felt the cringe

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  • TristanFi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    This always attracts pedants whining “the creator said to pronounce it like jif!” and it’s like, OK, A) That’s an appeal to authority, one of the best known logical fallacies B) The creator of Mother’s Day spent over 30 years trying to get people to stop celebrating it, but too bad, I’m still gonna wish my Mom a happy Mother’s Day, you know?

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  • MapleCoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    This comment section is killing me lmao.

    You have people saying that language is fluid, and that one person cannot decide which pronunciation is correct. Then, in that same comment, they say that their preferred pronunciation is obviously correct.

    Hard g, soft g, you do you. It really doesn’t change much.

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  • DarkMessiah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Gif stands for “Graphics Interchange Format”. If it were pronounced “jif”, it would be “Jraphics Interchange Format”.

    It is a Graphics Card, not a Jraphics Card!

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  • Pixlbabble@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Not this again…lol it’s gif god damn it!

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  • MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Jood Gob with this.

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  • maporita@unilem.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Next thing people will be pronouncing SQL as “sequel” and then where will we be?

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  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Look, it’s not Jraphical Interchange Format.

    Case closed.

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  • Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    This is the reason I say Gesus and oh my Jod, now. Can’t say everyone appreciates it.

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  • loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    https://gizmodo.com/the-creator-of-the-gif-says-its-pronounced-jif-he-is-509179289

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  • Perhaps@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The letter G itself is pronounced with the “j” sound.

    I started out pronouncing GIF by saying the letters: “g-I-f.” It eventually shortens into “jif.”

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  • Amilo1591@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    When I first encountered the .gif, I read it as G-I-F, as in jee aye ef. From there it was a jiffy to pronounce it as jif.

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  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    such a low quality jPHeg… tsk tsk

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I say it with a soft G. Fight me.

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  • agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Gesus christ lemmy

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  • Caesium@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    does it really matter? as long as you passed third grade reading comprehension you can use context from the conversation to understand that the person is talking about a moving image instead of a peanut butter brand.

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  • EatMyDick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I guess you call them jay fegs right?

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  • derpo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I got tired of this argument so now I make everyone angry by pronouncing it as gife

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