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How do you pronounce .gif

Gif (hard G)
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Jif (soft G)
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How do you pronounce .gif

Post by casualsax3 »

There is a right answer.


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Post by blackmyst »

None of the above.

Gif. With a German/Dutch G sound. As in "shlecht".
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Post by casualsax3 »

blackmyst wrote:None of the above.

Gif. With a German/Dutch G sound. As in "shlecht".
That's completely wrong.
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Post by Noxious Ninja »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif#Pronunciation
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Post by grinvader »

Neither of those.

I say 'Gee Eye Eff', because it's a fucking acronym.
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Post by creaothceann »

Like give, but with a silent 'e' and a hard 'g'.
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Post by Agozer »

blackmyst wrote:None of the above.

Gif. With a German/Dutch G sound. As in "shlecht".
What the hell?

I say it the way you'd say 'gift'.
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Post by Spoony »

Jif sounds stupid. Say gif or I"ll hit you with a fucking chair.
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Post by themewin »

I pronounce it "Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing, z'nourrrwringmm".
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Post by casualsax3 »

Acronym argument doens't work. You would pronounce JPEG, JFEG for example.
Spoony wrote:Jif sounds stupid. Say gif or I"ll hit you with a fucking chair.
Gif sounds stupid.
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Post by themewin »

JPEG is pronounced Nee-womm....
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Post by Clements »

Jif used to be a kitchen cleaning product (before they changed the name to Cif), so pronouncing it that way would be silly. For the record, I pronounce it "Gifogørgon"
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Post by Jipcy »

Gif like give.

Jay-peg (jpg). Em-peg (mpg). Text (txt).
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Post by darkbenny »

Agozer wrote:
blackmyst wrote:None of the above.

Gif. With a German/Dutch G sound. As in "shlecht".
What the hell?

I say it the way you'd say 'gift'.
yeah same here, minus the "t" though
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Post by Demios »

gif like in a jiffy
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jif.
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Post by Agozer »

DarkBenny wrote:
Agozer wrote:
blackmyst wrote:None of the above.

Gif. With a German/Dutch G sound. As in "shlecht".
What the hell?

I say it the way you'd say 'gift'.
yeah same here, minus the "t" though
Well yeah, I meant that.
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Post by grinvader »

casualsax3 wrote:Acronym argument doens't work. You would pronounce JPEG, JFEG for example.
In your ass it doesn't work.

Graphics Interchange Format. G.I.F.

And the question wasn't about jpeg, was it ? Pussy.
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Post by soulmata »

G IS NOT J.




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Post by Demios »

tell that to giraffe not spelled jiraffe
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blame that on those corn-kernel toothed smelly brits
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Don't make me post Mark Twain's orthographical reform proposal again
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Don't make me take your virginity
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Post by Demios »

soulmata wrote:blame that on those corn-kernel toothed smelly brits
I'd like for you to know that I have perfectly white and straight teeth. BTW, English, we created it, and we are allowed to modify as we please.
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Post by adventure_of_link »

Agozer wrote:I say it the way you'd say 'gift'.
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