GIF Pronunciation

[AndyDufresne]

Battle Over ‘GIF’ Pronunciation Erupts (NY Times Blog Post)

Yes?




--Andy

[BigBallinStalin]

Some old fart says it's "jif," but so what? No one owns the language, so it's going to pronounced however.


(By the way, "gif" is pronounced with a hard G. "G" as in "gift").

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[DoomYoshi]

Better question: how do you pronounce "ghoti"?

[tzor]

Its a gif to be simple, Its a gif to be free,
Its the gif to come down where you ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
Will be in the valley of love and delight.

[Timminz]

Better question: how do you pronounce "ghoti"?

fish

[john9blue]

i think anybody should be able to pronounce anything in any way they like as long as they are effectively communicating their message.

that being said, the CREATOR OF THE GIF has vindicated my years-long insistence that it is pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter brand, so the rest of you can SUCK IT

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/2 ... f-the-gif/

edit: just read the OP + article + poll after posting... lol...

[BigBallinStalin]

"JIF"???

That's copyright infringement. Insert TGD about the Greatness of IP Laws.*



*(TGD, I know you're Greek and all, but there's no need to get offended).

[Funkyterrance]

Yeah it's not the sort of thing you should be saying out loud anyway since your loser status is confirmed the moment you do so.

[Nordik]

[thegreekdog]

"JIF"???

That's copyright infringement. Insert TGD about the Greatness of IP Laws.*



*(TGD, I know you're Greek and all, but there's no need to get offended).

Hey man, I don't make laws I just interpret them.*

*(BBS, I know you are named after a dude that ordered the systematic killing of millions of his own people, but there's no need to get offended).

[Dukasaur]

The first pronunciation is correct. I have spoken.

[BigBallinStalin]

"JIF"???

That's copyright infringement. Insert TGD about the Greatness of IP Laws.*



*(TGD, I know you're Greek and all, but there's no need to get offended).

Hey man, I don't make laws I just interpret them.*

*(BBS, I know you are named after a dude that ordered the systematic killing of millions of his own people, but there's no need to get offended).

He did it to save Mother Russia from the Evil Axis.