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  • CifrareVerba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    GIF (J sound). For those who are confused or don’t understand the debate, many people forget phonetics, and that letters can make different sounds depending on the use case. The words below use a soft g sound, like in the word “Justice”, (at least with US English). Pronouncing them with a hard g sounds odd, but only due to us being used to the way use pronounce them already. Though it doesn’t matter much, saying with a soft G (J sound) is easier and faster to say due to how one’s mouth moves. Saying it with a hard G requires more muscle, bringing one’s tongue to the back of the mouth to produce a hard G “Google”.

    1. Gym
    2. Giant
    3. Ginger
    4. Gesture
    5. Gist
    6. Gin
    7. Gyroscope
    8. Gypsy
    9. Jargon
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    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The following words are exceptions to this so-called “rule”:

      1. Give
      2. Get
      3. Together
      4. Girl
      5. Gear

      Here’s a list, there’s like 100 of them.

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      • CifrareVerba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Is it a rule? I figured it was more of a principle, like something more nuanced, opposite of a rule in terms of a black and white answer.

        Your link I believe would also fit into the principle definition, as they are exceptions to this dilemma.

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  • MargotRobbie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s pronounced “Giraffe”.

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    • marmo7ade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Giraffe comes from the Italian word giraffa, which comes from the Arabic zarafa.

      GIF stand for Graphics Interchange Format.

      HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THE WORD GRAPHICS?

      That’s what I thought.

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      • brewdtype@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I suppose you pronounce jpeg as “j-fey-g” too, then, since the P stands for “Photographic”?

        Or perhaps you argue that to doesn’t count since it’s on the P and not the Ph included in the acronym. In which case I guess we’re just abandoning all connection to the root words and we’re back to the fact that it’s okay to pronounce it “jif”.

        Also the creator pronounces it jif because he was goofing on Jif peanut butter and wanted a “choosy devs choose GIF” joke. So I’m going with that.

        Also it makes people mad and that’s funny.

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      • sidekickplayah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        National Ahronotics and Space Ahgency

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      • lanolinoil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You’ll have to show other examples of phonetic acronyms requiring their original word’s pronunciation and not the word it’s become.

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      • EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Jraphics

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      • TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Doesn’t it hurt your point that we don’t pronounce giraffe with a ‘z’ anymore? Pronunciations change, ultimately as long as people understand what I mean when I say “jif” it’s fine.

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      • MargotRobbie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No, it actually stands for “Giraffe-ic Interchange Format”, because giraffes can stand, and I love giraffes. 💖🦒

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  • Eavolution@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Back to this old debate again. I thought we had come to an answer.

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  • Jackcooper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Enjoy using the toilet paper wrong OP

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  • SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Choosy mothers choose Jif.

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The modern day shibboleth. Are you someone who reads the fucking manual, or do you believe instagram influencers when they make up rules for pronunciation? Or maybe you’re just an old fart who has been using gifs since before people didn’t know how to pronounce it, like me.

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  • guffawjones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is why I pronounce it jif, a gif is about 5 seconds or even up to about a minute in length. (originally)

    it takes a short amount of time to watch from start to finish, so its “done in a jiffy.” not a giffy.

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  • JTode@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve been fighting this war for OP’s side since 1987. Come at me, I’m on Tijer Guice and shit.

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You got any ghin to go with that juice?

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      • JTode@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m on the wajon right now but I had ghoti and shiffs for suffer last nijt.

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  • Sharkwellington@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Shadow’s take

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    • tabularasa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Best argument, right here.

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    • Dark_Blade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Holy shit that was so jood

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  • 99nights@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lmao I dunno why but I find the bird puppet and jod combo hilarious.

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  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just pronounce it the way you pronounce it. I say gif, because in the uk we have a well known brand of lemon juice called jif so it makes sense to not pronounce gif un the same way. Maybe in other countries they dont have jif.

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    • britishblaze@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well known? I wouldn’t say that all I’ve never heard of it before you mentioned it and no one in my area has either and we all say gif with the soft g. It’s a cute bottle for it though.

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      • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Really? Jif has been a thing since the 1950s. It was marketed to go on pancakes for shrove tuesday and thats always how ive known about it. According to wikipedia it set a uk precident of protecting an unregistered trademark product when a US company made a similarly packaged lemon juice.

        They also sell it in green bottles.

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  • Ultra980@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tbh, I used to pronounce it ‘JIF’ (because in my native language, ‘gi’ is always a soft ‘g’, and I usually speak that), but now that I think about it in English, a hard G makes more sense.

    In Romanian I also pronounce gigabytes as jigabytes :)

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    • toxicbubble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      the creator of gif pronounces it as jif

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      • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I bet the inventor didn’t have a jirlfriend.

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      • HejMedDig@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well, he’s probably better at programming, than language then ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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  • TawdryPorker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Now that’s a Jod I could jet behind.

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  • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Doesn’t matter

    youtu.be/4AMn-7qalgw

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  • danielton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I personally prefer Skippy.

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    • papabobolious@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lots of added sugar, don’t recommend

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    • Fisk400@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lots of added sugar, highly recommend.

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  • Telorand@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Jood. The further we stray from Jod, the jreater this society will jet.

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  • thelsim@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m going to avoid all controversy and just make the g silent. It’s ‘if from now on.
    If I say it fast enough, people will just assume I use their version.

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    • 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s a big if.

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      • nLuLukna@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        pronounciation = input(“gif or jif”) if pronounciation == mywayofsayingit: print(“yipee”) elif pronounciation == notmywayofsayingit: print(“you are objectively wrong”) else: print(“I have no fucking idea”)

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  • jessecool1234@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s pronounced gif

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  • Elric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In English GI is usually pronounced j. But really who cares?

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    • andthenthreemore@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I guess no one ever bought you a jift for your birthday.

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      • EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Jirls jive jifts of jilded jirders

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    • bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Unless it’s the start of the word and then it’s usually pronounced g.

      youtu.be/N1AL2EMvVy0

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    • Mrduckrocks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I do :)

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  • Ethab83@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Eh it’s 50-50 where I’m from, even in the tech community. I’ve always use the j sound when I say it, cause I used to think it was short for giraffe

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  • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There already a word in the English language which is almost the same : gift. So i prononce it like gift without the t.

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    • sidekickplayah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Gin

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    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So do you pronounce the k in know or other silent letters?

      Tom and Tomb are pronounved very differently. Know and No very similarly (same?)

      The creator gave it a name, and that is how some pronounce it. Others argue it and to me I think that’s a waste of time.

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  • MrGerrit@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do I look like I know what a goddamn gif is?

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  • lsjmhar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think you’ll find that is jod!

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  • boydster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank yod someone finally said it!

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  • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Jone and Jode save us!

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    • Gork@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      By the Nine!

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  • LouNeko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m not aware of any word that changes pronunciation of the first letter by adding a letter at the end. The closest thing we have to GIF is “gift”, being “gif” with an extra “t” at the end. By that logic GIF should be pronounced like “gift” without the “t”.

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    • 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yep, that’s exactly how it should be pronounced.

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  • migvelio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Xgwhwjjgkf

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  • kool_newt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Feeling a strange craving for some peanut butter.

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