mycoolkim Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 gift for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol911 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Gif as in "gift". If someone pronounces it as "jif" I wouldn't know what on earth they were talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dh5 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Gif as in Gif(t) :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Horizons Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I guess it's technically jif, but I think that sounds dumb so I go with gif. As in gift, yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SittingBull Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 gifffff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 The G is represents the word Graphics, which has a hard G (Gift). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electronic Punk Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Didn't Jif become Cif? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunt Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Its not 'Jraphic Interchange Format' that [if you were registered insane] would be .jif - which as far as I've come across, isn't a known image format. its 'Graphics Interchange Format' with in turn, makes the acronym .gif. so pronounce it with a G [And Electronic Punk, Yes it did become cif.... I think jif was politically incorrect or something crazy like that] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I say gif(t) I normally say words how they look. Even if it's wrong, or in another language. Like Welsh towns, I will just pronounce as if they are English. Because I am English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted October 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2006 Jif I've pronounced it like that since that thread about it last year or whenever it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted October 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2006 more intelligent people say it the way i do :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
)-(orus Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 The initial intent was for it be pronounced J-if, however I think most people pronounce it G-if. I always say J-if, as was intended, the format is so old now, tho, that the initial intended pronunciation has been lost in the mists of time. The older among us probably get it right, while the young whipper-snappers among us will argue to the end that its supposed to be G-if with the hard pronunciation of G matching closer to the pronunciation of the word G-raphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 (edited) Gift, Grenade, Gape, same thing!! :laugh: -Rich- Edited October 26, 2006 by richardsim7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadz0 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 i pronounce it "dot gee eye eff" i don't give a **** if its wrong, thats how I say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted October 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2006 Gif, if I say jiff no one knows what I'm talking about, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfoos Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Gif(t) and Gee you eye for me. I know that they weren't intended to be pronounced that way but I for one have never heard anyone say jif (other than referring to peanut butter or the old back in a jiff expression), and gooey just doesn't do it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duhk Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 i never had spoken the word, have only typed it, but when i do type it i would be thinking jiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorned1 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Such arguments about how to pronounce a file extension. What's the world coming too? :no: :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 [elliot] Gif. I once met someone who said jiff and everytime they did it made me want to stick my foot in their ass. :laugh: This I found on the older thread (dd. Jan 2 2005) with the same subject matter and thought that it was appropriate in terms of my feelings on the subject! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illicit Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Gif as in "gift" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myNando Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I used to pronounce it "Jiff" but I've been pronouncing it like "Gift" for a long while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dL Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Give. dL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trong Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Yeah, I just say "dot G-I-F"... :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted October 26, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 26, 2006 Gif(t) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted October 26, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2006 Did some googling and found out that "Jiff" is actually the correct way to pronounce it. But it seems that pronouncing it as "gif(t)" is more common. Yeah, I had heard that before but I've still never heard anyone say jiff in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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