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How to pronounce GIF

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by AMS, Oct 7, 2006.

  1. AMS

    AMS Member

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    I say its pronounced JIF
     
  2. AMS

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    btw this is what a GIF is ---> [​IMG]

    an animated image



    or something like this

    [​IMG]
     
  3. DonnyMost

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    Well, whatever sound you make when you say GIFFY (minus the Y) should be the way you say GIF.
     
  4. krnxsnoopy

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    Ding ding.. Baem baem..
     
  5. Vengeance

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    That's kinda dumb. If GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, then why wouldn't the G be pronounced like G in Graphics. Seems like the people who created the GIF were just trying to be contrary.
     
  7. Mr. Brightside

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    GIF is the correct way. Only way I'm saying JIF, is if I want some Jiffy Peanut Butter.
     
  8. MR. MEOWGI

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    Haha, your poll proves you suck.
     
  9. ClutchCityReturns

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    Yep.

    I say "GIF" with a hard "G" like in "Google" because the first god (hard "G") damn word of the acronym is "Graphics" (hard "G").
     
  10. Yonkers

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    I've always said GIF with a J like giant. Not sure why but I'm not going to change. :)
     
  11. Astroholic

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    I say the "G" in "GIF" like the "G" in the word "gift".
     
  12. KePoW

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    I've always pronounced it JIF, but like yonkers I don't really know why
     
  13. jgreen91

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    It is JIF like the peanut butter.
     
  14. AMS

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    wikipedia overrules polls
     
  15. gifford1967

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    I am the ultimate authority on this topic (Wikipedia can bite me). It is pronounced GIF, with a hard g, like in golf.
     
  16. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    GIF for me. It's not .jif, it's .gif.
     
  17. fadeaway

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    I say it with a hard "g", like in "goat."
     
  18. RC Cola

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    I've always said it with a soft g (jif). Not really sure why...probably because that's what my dad called it or something. It seems like thats how the creators pronounced it (Choosy developers choose GIF). Up until this point, I didn't realize that people said it the other way (and apparently, more people say it that way than the "correct" way).
     
  19. KaiSeR SoZe

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    I've always said GIF as JIF since I was born...

    maybe im just naturally smarter than everyone else here
     
  20. kaleidosky

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    my first word was gif, and i pronounced it gif. gift, gifford, giflavin!
     

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