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Nickydude
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So now you know.

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I disagree. I don't like my image formats sounding like lemon juice.

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Nope. It will always be hard g
source: I said so

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G-I-F - cuz i live in sweden and thats how we roll suckas! ~



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GEEF and PEH-EHN-GEH!!! no matter what

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@Creator - Should have named it JIF then

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Since when did we start pronouncing acronyms as words?


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Posted: 22nd May 2013 23:21 Edited at: 22nd May 2013 23:26
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I wonder why someone would pronounce an abbreviation of "Graphics Interchange Format" in that manner; I guess it is down to the individual. A case similar to the pro-nun-ciation... I mean pro-noun, pro-nounshiyasion of MySQL, Sega, Hyundai and Deus Ex...

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Posted: 22nd May 2013 23:40
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Quote: " Deus Ex"

Considering it's latin and not some abbreviation open to interpretation, there's only one way to pronounce it. Day-us Ex! (I also happened to take latin in school)


As for GIF, it's a soft G! Like giraffe.

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Quote: "Considering it's latin and not some abbreviation open to interpretation, there's only one way to pronounce it. Day-us Ex! (I also happened to take latin in school)"


One of my friends pronounced it "derz ex". I personally say the same as you.

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Posted: 22nd May 2013 23:52 Edited at: 22nd May 2013 23:57
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Quote: "As for GIF, it's a soft G! Like giraffe."


Valid point. I was just wondering why he chose to make it silent, no big deal. Is there a benefit? Who in the world does it benefit to not pronounce the 'g' differently than the g in the word git; for an abbreviation for 'Graphics Interchange Format'? Humans are interesting.

Edit: APNG kicks GIF's ass!

Quote: "there's only one way to pronounce it. Day-us Ex!"


Lol; loads of people are calling it 'Duce Ex'

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Posted: 23rd May 2013 00:22 Edited at: 23rd May 2013 00:22
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Quote: "Lol; loads of people are calling it 'Duce Ex'"


Which is what I call it! If you guys call it G-if, then I'll call it 'Duce Ex'.

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Quote: "Lol; loads of people are calling it 'Duce Ex' "

I always thought it was pronounced like this


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I always pronounced it as Jiff. Also Jay-peggs,
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Pffft no one will ever change my ways!!

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I suppose it's because Graphics Interchange Format is actually pronounced Giraffe-ics Interchange Format.
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You genius

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Quote: "Since when did we start pronouncing acronyms as words?"

Since verbal communication came into existence.

XD I will still pronounce it gif, like in gift, cuz that's what I'm used to.


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I've been pronouncing it "Throat-Wobbler Mangrove"!

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They're G-I-F;s and J[ay]-pegs, simple.
It doesn't matter what the guy who made it says just what I think makes sense

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I should start pronouncing PNG as 'pong'.

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I actually pronounce that one Pe-en-Gee

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Posted: 23rd May 2013 05:03
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Isn't Jiff a peanut butter?
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Quote: "Isn't Jiff a peanut butter?"


Yes. As well as popcorn.


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as for deus ex...

I call id... De-us ex... xD



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Quote: "there's only one way to pronounce it. Day-us Ex! (I also happened to take latin in school)"

'us' - like us?

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Quote: "'us' - like us?"


He lives in sweden so its probably "us" like "oos" (oo like in cool) which would be correct.

Quote: "Day-us Ex! (I also happened to take latin in school)"


Correct, even though it suggests an american accent. ...which doesn't matter since its a dead language.

My father is a genius in english pronounciations, he pronounces pay pal like "pay paaal" and can't help but pronounce every new english word he comes across in french

I probably keep saying "G if" ..sorry, but language evolves that way, in the end what people say will remain and be correct




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Quote: "since its a dead language"

Medic language now

Quote: "He lives in sweden so its probably "us" like "oos" (oo like in cool) which would be correct."

Yep, correct.

Also, not offtopic, but I want to admit how english transcription of asian (chinese for example) languages is not even close.

Quote: "My father is a genius in english pronounciations, he pronounces pay pal like "pay paaal""

Hey. I am your father?

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Quote: "which doesn't matter since its a dead language."

You take that back! I refuse to believe I spent time sleepin.. err studying something completely useless!

Quote: "He lives in sweden so its probably "us" like "oos" (oo like in cool) which would be correct."

I live in Ohio... And 'oos' sounds canadian to me.

As for GIF, I'm trying to think of an english rule that would support the soft G sound, but when I do I find an exception that can negate it. Giraffe is soft, Gorilla is hard. Both have very similar consonant structure. One could argue the 'e' on the end makes the difference, but then you have words like Gore.

But who knows, maybe it's pronounced IF and the G is silent like Gnarl?

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no i did mean us - de us
maybe not as hard an u as in "us".. sort of

and us means "oss" in sweden for the record



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Am I the only person that thinks he's really clever for saying this? Wrong but clever. I had no idea who invented the GIF (not JIF) until he came out with this rubbish...


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Agent, budget, angel, danger, emergency, germ, gel, legend, ingest, gem, generate, gentle, urgent, age, cage, engage, wage, huge, bridge, dodge, nudge, fledge, cartridge, knowledge, grudge, ridge, bilge, cringe, plunge, dislodge, challenge, fringe, sledge, orange, smudge, singe, forge, hinge, discharge, emerge, enlarge, urge, gorge, large...

...And people here are talking like words with soft Gs are ultra rare and weird...
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It's only weird because the G in GIF stands for "Graphical".

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Quote: "It's only weird because the G in GIF stands for "Graphical"."

I think you meant Jraphical.

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jiff because softer sounds are more pleasant!

also when speaking an acronym as a word, individual letters often do not take the pronunciaction of the parent word. lol for instance. the o in out is oww in the parent word but ahh in the acro-word

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I think if the G stands for Graphical it should be pronounced the same way unless the acronym spells something that suits the softer J better like maybe:
Actual Graphical Extract (AGE)

I'm well aware of how many words have a soft G it just makes no sense to use the soft J in this instance.


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Quote: "I think you meant Jraphical."

Giraffical?

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Ohh, it's pronounced Giraffe?
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Quote: "Giraffical?"
Quote: "Ohh, it's pronounced Giraffe?"

Yes. Giraffe-Tickle.

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If it's Graphical it's a G...

I don't think that even the creator is allowed to decide on how we use our logic.

It is to me about how our neurons will connect to bad ideas. I don't like bad ideas connecting together with good ideas. I don't allow even the word 'pull' in my mind to connect to things like a chain. So I'm not going to allow someone to connect Gif with a 'J' to neurons in my mind that are in touch with Giraffe, when the logic is that the word Graphical is embellished in the meaning.

It's the other way around. We teach the creator of Gif to realise his mistake in his logic. We ignore him.

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Just curious, was humor intended with that post?
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No. It makes perfect sense that you are tied to your own thoughts, so don't wire up your own personality to mistakes in logic.

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Posted: 26th May 2013 04:12 Edited at: 26th May 2013 04:12
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Quote: "I don't think that even the creator is allowed to decide on how we use our logic."



Word - the creator can tell us how he thinks it should be used, or what kind of logic he thinks applies, but not "how it is used - period."



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Quote: " the creator can tell us how he thinks it should be used"

Please, keep religion out of this.


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Quote: "Please, keep religion out of this."



But anyways, I think it's interesting something as small as this statement has caught so much interest.

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pretty sure he was referring to the 'person who created the gif format' creator

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Jif used to be a cleaning product from the UK, then it was renamed Cif because europeans couldn't say Jif.

Gif is not Jif. You wouldn't say "I got a Jift for my birthday!" lol
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