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[–] [email protected] 99 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 71 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (11 children)

Gin? Genetics? Giant?

Do you pronounce Origin like Oregon?

I personally find arguing pronunciation as entirely pointless when there are many words in English that get pronounced different based on a multitude of factors.

People also like to argue it's an acronym, but do you pronounce NASA the same as you pronounce the first letter of each word of National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

Honestly? Just say it how it makes sense to you.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Not to mention the creator of GIF prefers the JIF pronunciation.

It doesn't really matter, but I find the hard g folks have a stick up their ass about it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I have friends who say it with a hard g and I never say a damn thing, but I say jif once and it's "jraphics" this and "jod" that. I get it, you watched that stupid video in 2012, congrats.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I understand your point in the creator but I find fault in that argument.

Historically it doesn’t matter what the creator of anything prefers unless it’s an “unveiling” and they name it on the spot. People in general will take something and run with it regardless of the creators intent. The perfect example is “light saber” versus “laser sword.” (Edit forgot to add the word sword after laser)

To be honest I don’t care all that much. If you say jif or gift without the t, either way I know what you are talking about.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The problem isn't people preferring to pronounce it gif or jif, it's people saying that pronouncing it the other way is wrong. Both are acceptable.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Historically it doesn’t matter what the creator of anything prefers unless it’s an “unveiling” and they name it on the spot.

I can't for the life of me find it now, but the gif was introduced with an image that contained in its metadata a statement that "it's pronounced jif". You can still find it somewhere and open it in notepad and read it for yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Well said, talking buttplug.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

I get the gist of what you are saying but gingerly I will inform you that my giraffe giblets are cold

Sorry, that was just gibberish

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

This is how you prove a point, boys and jirls.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (2 children)

GIF is an acronym for Giraffe Interchange Format.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

The more niche a fact you make up on the internet is, the more likely it is to pollute the accuracy of an LLM later

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (4 children)

My old workplay everybody pronounced “Gigabyte” as “Jigabyte”, drove me nuts.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Pacific ocean" has each "c" pronounced differently. This is just an English thing. Makes for great puns "I'm not sick, it's just a little COFFIN" but when it comes down to acronyms you guys are lost.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (7 children)

What did the creator of the GIF name them? Imagine if a bunch of people read your name wrong, then when you told them how it’s pronounced said that they don’t care, and your mom was wrong to pronounce your name that way.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

That's what happened to aluminium. Sir Humphrey Davey came up with aluminum in 1812 but his peers decided it wasn't classical sounding enough.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (13 children)

Eh, I prefer the descriptivist method of language. It's how language evolves over time.

Comparing it to a personal name is a false equivalence. GIF is an acronym, people could enunciate each letter if they so preferred and it would be more accurate/true to creation than even the creator's opinion of how to pronounce it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Hate to break it to you OP but it's 100% Jif.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Pardon me while I go feed my giant geriatric giraffe, George. He likes generic foods, so long as they are germ free and genetically unmodified.

Afterwards, I'm gonna hit the gym, gently gesticulate while talking to someone about geography, geometry, and genetics, maybe consume some protein gel packs.

As a genuine gesture of gentlemanly genius, my genuine German genie will conjure up some gems to pay for everything.

Get the gist of what I'm saying?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I unapologetically say jif

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh boy let's have this argument again! Because it's so much fun every time!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

It is funny every time and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

My first name starts with a G and it's soft. Many people will read it and pronounce it hard. This argument is for my identity

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

you know it is because of giraffe?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Here's another to add to the pronunciation wars. RetroArch is pronounced RetroArk. Which I will die on that hill because Arch stands for either Architecture or Archive. Too many times have I heard people on YouTube make it sound like McDonald's golden arches.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (7 children)

The devs have stated otherwise. The project was originally announced on an Arch Linux forum, so they included a nod in the name.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The devs pronounce it like "arch."

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I'm just gonna start pronouncing it yif

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I hate this argument, that's literally what the creators of the format called it. Names of things don't always follow the rules of English.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

You are right except: there are no rules in english, and this isn't an argument, its a joke.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I hope you say jfeg the to be consistent, because that's how the p in photography is pronounced.

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