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Posted: 2/25/2020 3:57:18 PM EST

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Suddenly I feel like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

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Posted: 2/25/2020 3:57:43 PM EST

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I say "those little short meme movies"; drives my kids crazy.

Posted: 2/25/2020 3:59:21 PM EST

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Haha, Jay.

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So edgy....

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:00:34 PM EST

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So edgy....

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It's goke, man. Geese.

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:01:51 PM EST

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Haha, Jay.

So edgy....

He got you good Mr. Goleson!

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:01:58 PM EST

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They're not the boss of me.

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You probably pronounce Chive "kive"

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:06:35 PM EST

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Not according to the inventor.

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:11:00 PM EST

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Inventor says jif.

So in the spirit of “His momma call him Clay, I’m gonna call him Clay”, it’s jif.

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Posted: 2/25/2020 4:37:14 PM EST

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You'll remember this every time you see Gif from now on.

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:37:51 PM EST

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You'll remember this every time you see Gif from now on.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/7e/69/767e69e0afb6fef3977b24b06636a4ae.jpg

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Posted: 2/25/2020 4:50:40 PM EST

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You'll remember this every time you see Gif from now on.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/7e/69/767e69e0afb6fef3977b24b06636a4ae.jpg

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Posted: 2/25/2020 4:58:04 PM EST

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Take your logic out of here. We're having a pointless argument, thank you very much!

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meh

It's stands for graphic interchange format. Hard g is fine, but either pronunciation works.

Take your logic out of here. We're having a pointless argument, thank you very much!

lol

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:58:20 PM EST

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how do you pronounce

gigahertz
gimmick
gilbert
gizzard
gibbous
girly
gift
giggle
giddy
gird
gill
gild
give
gib

etc

Posted: 2/25/2020 4:59:54 PM EST

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What is that name of an African animal with an unusually long neck

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Posted: 2/25/2020 5:01:03 PM EST

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The word “Graphics” which is what the “G” in GIF stands for, it isn’t “Jraphics Interchange Format”.

Nice try Jeorge.

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So, you want to make it a GrIF then?

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:04:14 PM EST

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Yes, it's pronounced like "give" not like "jist"

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:06:44 PM EST

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This thread is starting to sound like giant gibberish ... making me want to drink gin and tonic.

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:06:47 PM EST

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Inventor says jif.

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Inventor was doing a meme, and was mildly retarded.

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:24:53 PM EST

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Posted: 2/25/2020 5:29:03 PM EST

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They sound the same.

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:32:44 PM EST

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What is that name of an African animal with an unusually long neck

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Jifraffe.

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:34:36 PM EST

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So, you want to make it a GrIF then?

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The word “Graphics” which is what the “G” in GIF stands for, it isn’t “Jraphics Interchange Format”.

Nice try Jeorge.

So, you want to make it a GrIF then?

Well if you are going to use the first two letters then it would be GrInFo

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:38:34 PM EST

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It's an acronym of GRAPHICAL Interchange Format.

GRRRRR aphical. GR. Guh.

Not Giraffical. Jiraffical? Is it too Jiraffic to you?

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:40:07 PM EST

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The word "gift" is the closest word to GIF, and it has a hard G.

Posted: 2/25/2020 5:45:08 PM EST

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Posted: 2/25/2020 6:05:39 PM EST

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I suppose Chris pronounces CIFS...’kifs’ too. Because he is wrong.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:10:57 PM EST

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GIF is an abbreviation of Graphical Image File Format.

How is the G in "Graphical" pronounced?

That should determine the pronunciation of the GIF acronym.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:15:59 PM EST

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This is my vote. That guy invented it, he gets to name it and tell us non-inventor plebes how to pronounce it.

Anyone who says different is a history altering book burning commie.

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I'd say the primary creator, Steve Wilhite, gets to name it. In his 5 word acceptance speech for an award: “It’s Pronounced ‘JIF’ not ‘GIF.’”

This is my vote. That guy invented it, he gets to name it and tell us non-inventor plebes how to pronounce it.

Anyone who says different is a history altering book burning commie.

He gets an A+ in computer science, and an F in English for failing to understand common phonetics.

But code monkeys are rarely literate. That's why they hired me to write their software installation instructions and user manuals.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:18:31 PM EST

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GIF is an abbreviation of Graphical Image File Format.

How is the G in "Graphical" pronounced?

That should determine the pronunciation of the GIF acronym.

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See my post directly above yours.

CIFS is and abbreviation of Common Internet File System. However it is, and only is, pronounced ‘sifs’.

There is no rule that says an acronym must be pronounced with the hard or soft sound of it’s represented word.

ETA: read your other post...code monkeys are illiterate.

ok.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:19:56 PM EST

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See my post directly above yours.

CIFS is and abbreviation of Common Internet File System. However it is, and only is, pronounced ‘sifs’.

There is no rule that says an acronym must be pronounced with the hard or soft sound of it’s represented word.

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Syfes

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:25:17 PM EST

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Ok, boomer.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:26:47 PM EST

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I'll ignore you in a jiffy.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:29:00 PM EST

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How do you pronounce "George"?

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GAY-Org....... Followed by Luger....

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:38:50 PM EST

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GIF is an abbreviation of Graphical Image File Format.

How is the G in "Graphical" pronounced?

That should determine the pronunciation of the GIF acronym.

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For all those making this argument, how are the following acronyms pronounced?

NASA - National Aeronautical and Space Administration
Nay-sa or Nah-sa?

LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lay-sir or Lay-zir?

NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nah-toe or Nay-toe?

POTUS - President of the United States
Po-thus or Po-tus?

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Uni-chef or Uni-sef?

The pronunciation of an acronym is clearly based on the word the acronym forms, not the words used to create the acronym.

Please note that I'm only focusing on acronyms that create words, not those you spell out letter by letter. Those can be weird too, like CIA vs CSI.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:41:44 PM EST

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For all those making this argument, how are the following acronyms pronounced?

NASA - National Aeronautical and Space Administration
Nay-sa or Nah-sa?

LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lay-sir or Lay-zir?

NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nah-toe or Nay-toe?

POTUS - President of the United States
Po-thus or Po-tus?

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Uni-chef or Uni-sef?

The pronunciation of an acronym is clearly based on the word the acronym forms, not the words used to create the acronym.

Please note that I'm only focusing on acronyms that create words, not those you spell out letter by letter. Those can be weird too, like CIA vs CSI.

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FUBAR
SNAFU
SCUBA
etc etc

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:45:45 PM EST

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FUBAR
SNAFU
SCUBA
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According to many in this thread, these words should all have short "U" sounds, based on the pronunciation of the word the letter represents.

Go ahead and try it for yourself...

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:47:36 PM EST

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The guy that made them says you’re wrong.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:50:24 PM EST

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The guy that made them says you're wrong.

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and he's an idiot.

Posted: 2/25/2020 6:56:22 PM EST

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and he's an idiot.

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Would you care to address the above posts from Joleson and myself?

Posted: 2/25/2020 7:02:05 PM EST

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSJaSS_Zj0Y

Someone embed it! GD will love this guy! He's annoying as hell but right!

Posted: 2/25/2020 7:05:42 PM EST

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it's been a soft "g" ever since I started at CompuServe 29 years ago.

Posted: 2/25/2020 7:09:21 PM EST

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CompuServe said it’s a soft G

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Posted: 2/25/2020 7:10:27 PM EST

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it's been a soft "g" ever since I started at CompuServe 29 years ago.

Yeah, then they died off in 2009. Obviously brilliant people

Posted: 2/25/2020 7:11:17 PM EST

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It's been a hard G since the inception of Ulead GIF Animator.

Posted: 2/25/2020 7:12:30 PM EST

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He gets an A+ in computer science, and an F in English for failing to understand common phonetics.

But code monkeys are rarely literate. That's why they hired me to write their software installation instructions and user manuals.

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Are zeros heavier than ones because they're wider? Or are ones heavier than zeros because they're bigger?