+devHead Subscriber² Posted October 26, 2006 Subscriber² Share Posted October 26, 2006 Gif, if I say jiff no one knows what I'm talking about, lol. That's odd, I've always pronounced it 'jif' (like the peanut butter) and so has everyone I've known. I even remember a funny advertisement on the corporation.com's website which was a little banner ad that said "Choosy Websites choose GIF" and it had the same colors as Gif Peanut butter. So, everyone knows it's jif. Of course, about 5 years ago I discovered that the "i" in Linux is short, and not long... jm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Look im telling you guys its GIFT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_sphinx_ Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I pronounce it jiff...dunno why though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppard Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Look im telling you guys its GIFT! No, the creator/s of GIF say its pronounced Jiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisinCain Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif#Pronunciation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inStereo Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Always say Gif(t), although i have never actually had a conversation where the topic of image file extensions has arisen apart from .psd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted October 27, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 27, 2006 GIF as in "gif(t)" Everytime someoen says Jiff it makes me want to slap them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Punk Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 GIF as in "gif(t)" Everytime someoen says Jiff it makes me want to slap them. :yes: Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 i hate how ppl pernounce GUI like gooey the first time i heard that i called the guy a ****in retard. its an acronym for a goddam reason SCSI is an acronym; you've never heard anyone say "scuzzy"? RAM is an acronym; we say "ram". ROM is an acronym; we say "rom". I'll draw the line at saying "seepoo' for CPU, but the point is that we don't always just say the letters of an acronym in computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted October 27, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 27, 2006 SCSI is an acronym; you've never heard anyone say "scuzzy"? RAM is an acronym; we say "ram". ROM is an acronym; we say "rom". I'll draw the line at saying "seepoo' for CPU, but the point is that we don't always just say the letters of an acronym in computers. It's pretty much governed by how many people want to say it either way. I'm sure there are a few people who want to allays say seepoo :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Holy crud, just remembered back to my uni days (10 years ago), and we had a course on graphics compression and the like. While studying run length encoding, we covered GIFs, and the lecturer who was affiliated with Unisys (who owned the copyright I believe) called it JIFF. Wow, I've been calling it GIF(t) all these years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3xis Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 According to the Wikipedia article it says, Most English speaking people who either use Windows computers, or do not have experience using computers, pronounce the acronym "GIF" with a plosive (as in the word "gift"). Who the hell wrote that? I've got a great amount of experience with computers and I use Linux and I pronounce it as gif(t). Looks like I've got some editing to do. It doesn't matter how the hell you pronounce it; they're both right and people know what you're talking about in conversation if you use either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted October 27, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 27, 2006 http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/ Well I pronounce it Jiff! I pronounce it Pee En Gee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Jiff FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davebo Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Jif as in "jiff" Everytime someone says Gif(t) it makes me want to slap them (because they're wrong). From the poll results so far, there are many, many noobs out there... :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopyaedoff Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I pronounce it Gee-I-Eff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaos34 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 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!" 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?!?" Hey, I agree with you, but here's a funny page on the "jigawatt" thing :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googintosh Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Both pronunciations are correct. Nobody is wrong. http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?&va=gif http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/G0119950.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfsdgfsdgfshgdgd Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 jif (thought it would be ahead in the poll actually, no-one i know says gif... :p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentaal Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Gif(t). :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Gif(t) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.M.K Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I pronounce it, like it's written. gif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 The ONLY correct choice is A) Gif(t) :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2004 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 yup say it like gift but drop the t off the end :yes: the only other alternative is compuserve graphics interchange but thats a bit of a mouthful :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted November 2, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2006 i say it as i read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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