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the inventor of gifs clearly stated it was pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter.
"jif" is therefore more accurate.
If the inventer of bridges told you you were supposed to jump off them, would you?
Probably, yeah
Guessed the link before I clicked it :-)
No, but I would acknowledge that the bridge was designed for jumping off of it
Similarly, we can recognise that the gif creator intended for it to be said jif, and also not use that pronunciation because it's dumb, and we hate it.
See? It works both ways.
If a person intentionally mispronounced your name because they thought it was dumb would you consider it rude?
No? Because I don't give a shit?
A name is just a label. A sound or set of symbols in an order that inspires the concept of that thing in someone else. In the case of someone's name, mispronouncing my name either has one of two consequences: 1. I don't hear it. My ear is keen on people saying my name (the way it's normally said), so if your pronunciation is too far off from how my name is normally said, my ear may not "hear" it, thinking you're taking to someone else and I will more or less ignore that you've "said my name".... OR, when you address me with the wrong pronunciation, I will recognise that the sounds you've chosen to use for me, while not typically the sounds associated with the concept of my self, are indeed referring to the same thing.
I comprehend what you mean, and that's the important bit. The letters/sounds used are secondary to the point effectively being understood.
I've been called by all kinds of names, plenty that sound like mine, there's a very common name that starts with a J that sounds like mine that I've gotten a lot, and I've even been called by completely different names, and I generally could not give less of a shit about it. Unless the speaker is a friend, or someone I care enough about to value their opinion, then why would I care?
Did something happen to you?
Too many things to count.
thought so.
For your edification, no, you shouldn't jump off any bridges just because someone told you to.
I'll cut you
I hold 'em, you punch 'em!
It's pronounced "cat."
As a sign of your appreciation, you will cat me, gifting me a small feline companion.
Jraphics Interchange Format
This argument makes no sense to me because the rule that every letter of an acronym has to sound like it does in the start of it's word doesn't apply to other acronyms that people commonly use.
Laser - Light amplification by stimulated emition of radiation. Note that it is commonly pronounced lazer, but the word isn't pronounced ztimulated.
YOLO - You only live once. Note that "once" starts with a "w" sound, but YOLO ends in a ō sound.
SIM (as in SIM card) - subscriber identification module. Note that identification starts with the "eye" sound, but we don't pronounce it sīm.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point
Now calling it a seyem card
Only the first letter should match, then the rest of it is pronounced like a word, in whatever pronunciation sounds coolest.
Also, all abbreviations should be pronounced like words, that's why we have those new Internet abbreviation words like "loll", "lemow", "roffle", "roff-lemow" "wutf" etc.
"I need to charge my phone, do you have an usba to usbsy cable?".
I always like to see this argument, that somehow mispronouncing the word "graphics" means people should mispronounce other words.
it has an "I can't see you, so you can't see me" vibe.
its always been pronounced "jraphics"
this gives me a great idea. thank you.
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You are right, I absolutely agree.
haha, look at you, letting people sleep
Actually, it's a Norwegian G, so the correct pronunciation would be "Yiff"
inaccurate and very satisfying.
Fun fact,
.pngfiles are pronounced "ping."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG
Also, here's this wonderful site that lays out practically every argument for GIF's pronunciation as "jif," just for fun.
HAHA, oh man, good find. That is a very funny little essay.
I've always said "ping", didn't know there was a debate there as well.
Thanks.
There's no debate at all. /fr
Lets hold our hands together and touch some grass.
haha, I'm always curious about the people who use the phrase "touch grass".
I never use it, and I'm outside all the time, so my intuition is that people who use the phrase actually stay inside a lot.
what do you think?
That may be true
hahhah, I could never fight with Kurtwood watching.
I pronounce it both ways. Sometimes I will even use one pronunciation over the other because it angers the person I am speaking with.
you are walking the true path.
I absolutely brought it up for giggles.
I hope you're pronouncing that as "jiggles" :D
haha, thank you I have updated my lexicon.
everyone knows it's prononced yiff
oh...ja!
God it feels good to be factually correct.