Gif or Jif?

[MattAn]

Well, I've always said Gif.. But to be fair to Jif.. Giraffe is a J sound. George is a J sound.. So it's not like it's completely set. I will not blend the two, in some unholy fusion. ...Jigif. Jigglypuff. It will not forever be known as a Jigglypuff.

[Mowinckel]

Did you kow folk as in folk-music is supposed to be pronounced fålk and that folk does not make any sense... oh right, language changes :p
Hard G

[AlexanderDitto]

...it is NOW.

THIS IS SO GOOD

<3 <3 <3

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[empath]

Well, I've always said Gif.. But to be fair to Jif.. Giraffe is a J sound. George is a J sound.. So it's not like it's completely set. I will not blend the two, in some unholy fusion. ...Jigif. Jigglypuff. It will not forever be known as a Jigglypuff.

...

um...so how do YOU pronounce "garbage"? 'jarbaje'? 'GarbaGe'?

[Metcarfre]

Gargle, gallant, get, gall...

Gel, gerbil, gestation, ginger...

Yep, English is a weird ol' language - and that's why we love 'er.

[AlexanderDitto]

Yep, English is a weird ol' language - and that's why we love 'er.

Oye chico, habla por tí.

[empath]

Well... 'love' is a pretty strong word for how I feel about this mish-mash...

'Admire' I guess, 'respect' definitely...

[AlexanderDitto]

My boyfriend reblogged this on his tumblr.

This is why I like him.

[Kapol]

In other news, my name will now be pronounced 'jrej.' Which sounds suspiciously like Dredge. Which reminds me of magic. I'm going to go play magic.

[Metcarfre]

I'm going to pronounce it "GuyFFFfffffffffffffffff...

[Master Gunner]

I'm going to pronounce it as Zamboni, just so I can say that more often during the summer.

[King Kool]

My boyfriend reblogged this on his tumblr.

This is why I like him.

Oh, wow.

[MattAn]

Well, I've always said Gif.. But to be fair to Jif.. Giraffe is a J sound. George is a J sound.. So it's not like it's completely set. I will not blend the two, in some unholy fusion. ...Jigif. Jigglypuff. It will not forever be known as a Jigglypuff.

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um...so how do YOU pronounce "garbage"? 'jarbaje'? 'GarbaGe'?

We don't. In Australia, it's "rubbish". Also, I like to put a little accent thing on the last G. Because unnecessary French, bitches!

ANYWAY, I'm standing by my original decision. Calling GIFs Jigglypuffs from now on. #DEALWITHIT.

[MattAn]

I'm going to pronounce it "GuyFFFfffffffffffffffff...

Guy Fieri? The "celebrity" chef?

[Lord Chrusher]

Well... 'love' is a pretty strong word for how I feel about this mish-mash...

'Admire' I guess, 'respect' definitely...

It is more the verbage that English has stolen. English grammar is predominately Germanic.

[Geoff_B]

Mike and Jerry have an interesting viewpoint

[empath]

Mike and Jerry have an interesting viewpoint

Yeah, we know.


And you've got a point, Lord C - I'd personally prefer to change that to read "loose vocabulary"...

[Ptangmatik]

I say Hard G because as far as I see, it would inherit it from the hard G in Graphical Interface Format. It's not a Giraffical Interchange Format after all.

[Master Gunner]

The sound the letters made in the original words is irrelevant as far as acronyms go (Scuba is pronounced scooba after all, not scuhba). It's a "rule" that's made up solely for the .gif argument. Plenty of acronyms change the sounds of the letters, because acronyms are created by taking the initials and looking at what the new word should sound like.

So if gif looks like it should be pronounced with a hard G to you, then pronounce it that way. If a soft G seems better, then use it.

[Keab42]

Clearly the solution is to alter English to add a diacritical mark to letters that can be hard or soft to indicate which it should be in that situation. Kinda like how the umlaut elongates vowel sounds.

[ElFuzzy]

Yeah I haven't bothered to read all the arguments but I would just like to point out that if one goes the dictionary.com to listen to the pronunciation that option isn't there lawl

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gif?s=t

[Psyclone]

From now on, I'm pronouncing it Giraffical, and all gifs shall be of giraffes.

[Geoff_B]

Mike and Jerry have an interesting viewpoint

Yeah, we know.


And you've got a point, Lord C - I'd personally prefer to change that to read "loose vocabulary"...

Guess that's what I get for being away a week D:

[Drecon]

Or just start learning phonetic notation for all writing?

[empath]

Mike and Jerry have an interesting viewpoint

Yeah, we know.


And you've got a point, Lord C - I'd personally prefer to change that to read "loose vocabulary"...

Guess that's what I get for being away a week D:

I have to admit; I missed you.