When you hear someone pronounce GIF as 'JIF

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• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s how the guy who created it pronounced it.

  He is, sadly, no longer with us.

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  • TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Here is how much I care about what the creator thinks:

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    • derf82@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Here is how much I care about what you think:

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  • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    so he’s with jod?

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• Niggling__Niggard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve opted to pronounce it either Jgif or Gjif, that way I piss off twice as many people.

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• derf82@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The guy that invented the GIF said it is pronounced Jif. And of course that is a common pronunciation for “gi” words, like gin, giraffe, ginger, giant, ginseng, and so on.

  And before you say “but the g stands for graphics” tell me about what the p in MPEG stands for.

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  • Decimit@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Gig Git Girl Gibbon Gift Gill Giddy Gigahertz Gimmick Gizzard

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    • derf82@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And none of that changes the “ji” is a common pronunciation of gi. Sure, go is the hard g, but y’all act like gif is the only word with the soft g.

      The true stupid move is demanding that there is only one pronunciation. Like many worlds with variations, both are acceptable.

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  • CarlsIII@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ok but like, pronouncing it like jif is dumb

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    • derf82@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think the hard g sounds harsh and I hate it.

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  • SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do I look like I know what mpeg is? I just want a video of a got dang hot dog!

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