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Jiv me a break (lemmy.ml)

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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 34 points 11 months ago

I will face Jod and walk backward into hell before I say "jiff"

[-] MrZigZag@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

Clearly you're not a choosy mom.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Plebe moms choose ghif.

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[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

How do you say gin or giraffe? Or literally the letter G?

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[-] DreadPirateShawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 11 months ago

Like the G in "gigantic".

[-] MobileTechGuy@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

And "gigolo."

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[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago

oh that's easy, it's "dot gif"

[-] Player2@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 months ago

Yiff

[-] Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

Um, I don't know how to tell you, but that means a wiiiildly different thing. 🤣

[-] iamak@infosec.pub 14 points 11 months ago

Why do people have to pronounced it in any way? Why not say G-I-F? I've been saying it like that since before I knew about the huge debate💀

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

Because that's 3 syllables instead of 1. Ain't nobody got time for that!

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[-] snowe@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago

Cuz the devs explicitly named it after the peanut butter and even gave it a catchphrase to make sure you pronounced it correctly. It was a marketing campaign. “Choosy developers choose gif”.

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago

How do you pronounce JIF, then? (That's the JPEG Interchange Format.)

[-] snowe@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

The same way? There’s thousands of words in the English language with the same pronunciation and different spellings. This isn’t the dunk you think it is.

Besides, gif existed first. If JIF wanted to use the name without confusion maybe they should have come out first (missed it by half a decade) or come up with a catchy phrase.

[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

Gif, clearly.

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[-] Nyla_Smokeyface@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago

I was devastated to learn the creators intended it to be pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter brand

[-] Surface_Detail@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Yeah, because it's a jraphical interface format.

[-] kittenspronkles@lemmy.ml 21 points 11 months ago

So do you say j-feg? Because the p stands for photographic

[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

One of the common nonsensical arguments heard. What's the next one?

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[-] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

One of the few times I don't care what the creator says, he was wrong.

[-] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

And yet your mind knows it's not possible for him to be wrong since he named it.

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[-] Pixelphoria@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Jraphic interface format really sounds right /s

[-] SkyeCat@kbin.social 26 points 11 months ago

Let me just get my Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus ready /s

[-] MothBookkeeper@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Right, because Gs are never pronounced with a "J" sound, and acronyms are never pronounced differently than their full terms. Sound logic there; well done. Never mind any of these:

NASA- National Aeronautics Space Uhdministration

NATO- North Ayy-tlantic Treaty Organization

LASER- Light Ayy-mplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

SCUBA- Self Contained Oonderwater Breathing Uhpparatus

FOMO- Fear ohhf missing ohht

ASAP- Ayys soon ayys possible

POC- People ohhf solor

PIN- Personal id-entification number

BOGO- Buy ohhn get ohhn

POTUS- President ohhf the Uhhnited States

YOLO- You only live ohhnce

AWOL- Ayy-bsent without awfficial leave

ICE- Eyemmigration and Sustoms Enforcement

DARE- Drug Ayybuse Resistance Education

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

NASA - National Ah-ronautics and Space Uh-dministration

LASER - Light Ay-mplification by Ztimulated Eh-mission of Radiation

ICE - Eye-mmigration and Sustoms -nforcement (E is silent)

DARE - Drug Ay-buse Resistance -ducation (ditto)

[-] betheydocrime@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

For this logic to be consistent you would have to pronounce JPEG as "jayfeg"

[-] Cargon@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

There's no logic being applied. This is just sports mentality in tech. Like spaces vs. tabs, Emacs vs. vim, Python vs. R, or one of countless others.

But could you imagine if you created a digital standard used by billions everyday and then most people refused to pronounce the name you gave it? Same energy given off by the "anti pronoun" crowd.

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[-] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

National Aeronautics and Space Uhdministration /s

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[-] NoName@lemdro.id 13 points 11 months ago

It's actually pronounced yif

[-] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 12 points 11 months ago

I take the third route and pronounce it Heef, as in Spanish

[-] acastcandream@beehaw.org 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

spoiler

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[-] EliasChao@lemmy.one 7 points 11 months ago

We all know it's pronounced "gif".

[-] MrZigZag@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah with the g like in garage.

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@reddthat.com 7 points 11 months ago

Or the g in gigantic.

[-] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

I hate this language...

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[-] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

Gif, the jift that keeps on jivving.

[-] green_pyroxene@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

whichever way pisses off the most people

watch me pronounce it /χäɪf/ ("hyfe")

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Isn't that one of Elon Muskrat's kids?

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[-] platysalty@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

"I'm not brave enough for politics."

Immediately makes a hot take.

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[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Some say gif, others say gif. The people saying gif are correct.

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[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

ʒaɪf

rhymes with "knife"

[-] 1337admin@1337lemmy.com 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Pronounced it as a soft g in my head the first time I read it, and years later the creator said it was meant to be a soft g, so I feel validated.

When you create an image format, name it whatever you want and if it's any good and I use it, I'll call it what you want

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[-] Lemmylefty@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

“The correct way, of course.”

[-] akariii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago

the correct answer is hard-g soft-g ee ef ef: ggi F.F.

[-] Bianca_0089 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Whatever causes the asker to have the biggest breakdown at the time!

"4G-LTE"? Well that's 'Forgull'ty'

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[-] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

.jeff

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 9 points 11 months ago

I have a friend named Geoff who says gif with a hard G. I like to pronounce his name with a hard G after that. Geff.

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