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Is it gif or gif?
- Thread starter DFG
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choosey mums choose Jeff, and no I WONT call him 'dad', I don't HAVE a dad, I HAVE A JEFF
getting corrected by women i've dated i'm like...
also, instead of Gifs I say it like the peanut butter Jiff
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Hard G, as in Graphics, because honestly a minority of people who know what a gif is read that story about the format creator's opinion. I'd rather be understood than "correct".
This argument is only for hardcore nerds
This argument is only for hardcore nerds
Authorial intent means nothing, he is also dead wrong. It's a hard g, everyone uses a hard g, the only people who don't are the people who love to beat this drum and are stupid. It's a hard g.
This would only apply if Steve Wilhite created the word "graphics".
Anyone who says JIF should be consistent about it. Jraphics.
The fact that to have this conversation in text we have to basically ask if it is pronounced gif or jif, says it all.
If you have to misspell the word to get across how you think it should be pronounced you are already admitting that gif is pronounced like gift, minus the t.
If you have to misspell the word to get across how you think it should be pronounced you are already admitting that gif is pronounced like gift, minus the t.
All arguments I've heard against jif are nonsense.
For the above sentence alone:
there = t͟her
pronunciation = prə-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən
guide = gīd
identical = ī-ˈden-ti-kəl
original = ə-ˈri-jə-nᵊl
...you get the picture. You're arguing against English, not jif.
There's a pronunication guide that isn't identitical to the original word for like every word in the English language.
For the above sentence alone:
there = t͟her
pronunciation = prə-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən
guide = gīd
identical = ī-ˈden-ti-kəl
original = ə-ˈri-jə-nᵊl
...you get the picture. You're arguing against English, not jif.
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