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Herm
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| Post #1: 21st Oct 2017 1:17 PM | |
I pronounce it GIF. | | |
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Herm
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| Post #2: 21st Oct 2017 1:24 PM | |
I just looked it up. The creator meant it to be pronounced JIF, some kind of wordplay of Jif commercials.
The graphics argument also seems to have a flaw in it.
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) would be pronounced JFEG if GIF has to be pronounced with a hard G because of the Graphics word.
That being said, it just feels wrong saying JIF instead of GIF. | | |
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Herm
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| Post #3: 21st Oct 2017 2:23 PM | |
I feel like the word "Gif" has transcended its own definition at this point.
It's no longer a GIF, it's a GIFF. | | |
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Herm
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| Post #4: 21st Oct 2017 2:36 PM | |
Did some more digging.
While the creator insists for it to be pronounced JIF, according to experts at Oxford the natural and correct way to pronounce the word is GIF. Most one-syllalbe words have a hard-G. | | |
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Herm
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| Post #5: 21st Oct 2017 2:39 PM | |
Germ, Gift, Gym, Gold... lol | | |
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Herm
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| Post #6: 21st Oct 2017 2:49 PM | |
The one-syllable words with A, I, O, U all seem to have hard G's while the ones with E and Y have soft G's.
I guess that's what it comes down to in the end. | | |
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