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Title: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Broken on May 22, 2013, 01:18:58 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 (http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)


SOB!!
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: MahoneyRed on May 22, 2013, 01:40:54 PM
Fudge that. Hard G for life, homie!

If the creator wanted it pronounced jif, maybe he should have used a j or something other than Graphic Interchanged Format. Graphic. With a hard G. Deal with it.

(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6uu9hz9Nl1qhu810.gif)
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Broken on May 22, 2013, 01:49:08 PM
I agree... Ball tap him and move on.
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Czar on May 22, 2013, 03:24:20 PM
Hard G fo` life .....NIJJA!
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: decepticon on May 22, 2013, 05:37:39 PM
Fudge that. Hard G for life, homie!

If the creator wanted it pronounced jif, maybe he should have used a j or something other than Graphic Interchanged Format. Graphic. With a hard G. Deal with it.

([url]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6uu9hz9Nl1qhu810.gif[/url])


THIS RIGHT HERE!

Had this conversation with a coworker of mine today.  Hard G in graphic so hard G in GIF.
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: sully! on May 22, 2013, 08:53:16 PM
Also, hard G in GIFT, therefore hard G in GIF. The phonic from the first letter doesn't change just because you've added a letter to the end of the word.
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Twinsfan85 on May 22, 2013, 09:38:24 PM
Also, hard G in GIFT, therefore hard G in GIF. The phonic from the first letter doesn't change just because you've added a letter to the end of the word.
Adding letters can change the phonic no matter where it's located. Also, one of the basic rules in English is a 'g' followed by 'i' is always soft with a small handful of exceptions. Gift happens to be one of these exceptions. I've always pronounced it as a J. I'm glad to see I was correct. Get with it scrubs
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Broken on May 23, 2013, 06:39:22 AM
I've always pronounced it as a J. I'm glad to see I was correct. Get with it scrubs

Im going to throw peanut butter at you. I hope you are wearing scrubs.
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Twinsfan85 on May 23, 2013, 08:20:13 AM
Im going to throw peanut butter at you. I hope you are wearing scrubs.


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Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Broken on May 23, 2013, 08:47:20 AM
a GIF of JIF...
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: grover. on May 23, 2013, 10:37:09 AM
No one would know what you were talking about if you said jif. Unless it was in context of making pbandjs.
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Broken on May 23, 2013, 10:49:30 AM
brits are all over this...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10072420/Creator-of-the-GIF-says-it-is-pronounced-Jif.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10072420/Creator-of-the-GIF-says-it-is-pronounced-Jif.html)
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: MahoneyRed on May 23, 2013, 10:50:06 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/Um74r.gif)
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: grover. on May 23, 2013, 10:54:05 AM
I just have to say that the creator has a troll face. Look at him, he is a troll.
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Broken on May 23, 2013, 11:22:30 AM
Eligible for a ball tap.
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: sully! on May 23, 2013, 12:19:36 PM
the creator has a troll face.


To be fair, he had a stroke in 2000 or 2001, so that may be remnants of the lack of oxygen to his brain. Also, his insistence on JIF vs. GIF is proof of lack of oxygen to his brain.

Also, Jimmy Kimmel sums it up nicely: http://soundcloud.com/readmedotmp3/jimmy-kimmel-live-gif (http://soundcloud.com/readmedotmp3/jimmy-kimmel-live-gif)
Title: Re: GIF... apparently its pronounced JIF...
Post by: Broken on May 23, 2013, 12:34:49 PM
Stroked out... that makes sense.