Ironman273 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Popular or not, it's meant to be said the way the people that created it meant it to be said. I've never heard anyone pronounce it gif(t), but apparently there are a lot out there. Now that you know you've been pronouncing it wrong, accept it and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y0sh Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Jiff is correct, therefore Jiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 What would it take for me to start saying it Jif? -Gif becomes a codeword for the intention to rape someone's daughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeston Veteran Posted October 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2006 I say jif but I've had teachers that pronounced it either way, some say jif some say gif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Can any one find me a video clip of a person pronouncing gif, as "jiff"? Voice isn't enough. I want to see his face when he does it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toology Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=265433 It's been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driph Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Since the beginning, ive pronounced it jiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Germ and giraffe are written with a g, do you pronounce them as gurm and ger-aff? I don't pronounce "gift" as "jift", not do I pronounce "graphic" as "jiraphic", so what's your point? Do you say kanife or knife? Kaneel or kneel? Not all G sounds are like J you know. Frosted Flakes aren't "Jeeerate!" I know a tech support/programmer/server-building guy who's a whiz at all things computers and makes a crap load of money doing it, and he says, "jigabyte". Doesn't make him right or wrong, but I know everyone here laughed when Doc Brown said, "1.21 Jigawatts?!?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy03 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 ive never heard anyone say it like GIF(T). I've always heard JIFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatherLargeBear Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 look, stop arguing you are all wrong. its pronounced bitmap. so shut up! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chroniX Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 I don't pronounce "gift" as "jift", not do I pronounce "graphic" as "jiraphic", so what's your point? Do you say kanife or knife? Kaneel or kneel? Not all G sounds are like J you know. Frosted Flakes aren't "Jeeerate!" If you read my post fully, you would have seen my point. I was responding to someone who said they pronounce it as gif(t) b/c it's spelled with a g and not a j. I was just pointing out that there are words that begin with g but have a j sound. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 (edited) Yea I mean Ess See You Bee Aye is so much cooler than SCUBA. It's pronounced Gooey. Edited November 2, 2006 by Fred Derf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elementfire0666 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Yea one of my comp. science teacher was a lazy ass basterd and would pernounce just about every file acronym. His favorite or most used when talking would be URL... "Yurel" hed say. ANNOYING :angry: to here that every damn day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKuro Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 it's pronounced..... "gif" QTF . . it surely is :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 ..as in gift. jay-peg em-pee-three bee-em-pee ay-vee-eye I pronounce things as they're literally spelled. Yea I mean Ess See You Bee Aye is so much cooler than SCUBA. It's pronounced Gooey. Somethings you pronounce literally, some not. Gooey? That sounds moronic. It's GUI, [Jee-You-Eye]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvme Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 it's jiff.. you silly people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Somethings you pronounce literally, some not. Gooey? That sounds moronic. It's GUI, [Jee-You-Eye].No Earl (URL) sounds moronic, Gooey (GUI) sounds creative. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraftman Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 gift-style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvme Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 oh.. and gui is pronounced gooey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elementfire0666 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF Scroll down to Pronunciation ROFLROFLRFOL at the first few lines. Windows users or (the idiots that use computers) as they make it out to be say it like (gift) and the Mac users say it like (Jiff) CHOOSY DEVELOPERS CHOOSE GIF!!! 0_o Yea regardless to this it really doesn't matter how its pernounced. I just think personally (jiff) sounds better than saying it like (gift) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Angry Bunny Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I've always pronounced it jiff (and have always heard it pronounced as jiff). Just sounds better to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTheF Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 g i f thats what i say.. and i am so used to it. "Okay let me save it as a dot g i f" Well - thats me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elementfire0666 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Really the only reason why we pernounce acronyms is because were a bunch of lazy basterds and we think saying jiff or gooey is easier than saying GEEE EYE EFFF or GEEE UUUU EYE and it may save us about half a second in our precious lives. Our language these days is so laxed its not funny. Go ahead and use any pernounciation you want. Neither is a right or wrong one but I tell you what is right... any pernounciation of an acronym is going to sound retarded none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted October 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2006 GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is an 8-bit-per-pixel bitmap image format using a palette of up to 256 distinct colors from the 24-bit RGB color space. It is definitely pronounced with a "G" sound and not "J" QFT :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurë Veteran Posted October 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2006 If it was meant to be pronounced jif, it would be spelt that way in my opinion. Did Americans come up with the word? They always seem to spell things exactly how they are pronounced. To be honest I don't really care though. What is important is that when the word is said, as gif or jif, it can be understood what is being talked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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