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Gin? Genetics? Giant?
Do you pronounce Origin like Oregon?
I personally find arguing pronunciation as entirely pointless when there are many words in English that get pronounced different based on a multitude of factors.
People also like to argue it's an acronym, but do you pronounce NASA the same as you pronounce the first letter of each word of National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Honestly? Just say it how it makes sense to you.
Well said, talking buttplug.
I get the gist of what you are saying but gingerly I will inform you that my giraffe giblets are cold
Sorry, that was just gibberish
This is how you prove a point, boys and jirls.
GIF is an acronym for Giraffe Interchange Format.
The more niche a fact you make up on the internet is, the more likely it is to pollute the accuracy of an LLM later
My old workplay everybody pronounced “Gigabyte” as “Jigabyte”, drove me nuts.
When my math teacher taught us about Euler's number I thought he was fucking with us
"Pacific ocean" has each "c" pronounced differently. This is just an English thing. Makes for great puns "I'm not sick, it's just a little COFFIN" but when it comes down to acronyms you guys are lost.
What did the creator of the GIF name them? Imagine if a bunch of people read your name wrong, then when you told them how it’s pronounced said that they don’t care, and your mom was wrong to pronounce your name that way.
That's what happened to aluminium. Sir Humphrey Davey came up with aluminum in 1812 but his peers decided it wasn't classical sounding enough.
Eh, I prefer the descriptivist method of language. It's how language evolves over time.
Comparing it to a personal name is a false equivalence. GIF is an acronym, people could enunciate each letter if they so preferred and it would be more accurate/true to creation than even the creator's opinion of how to pronounce it.
Hate to break it to you OP but it's 100% Jif.
The way Jod intended
Pardon me while I go feed my giant geriatric giraffe, George. He likes generic foods, so long as they are germ free and genetically unmodified.
Afterwards, I'm gonna hit the gym, gently gesticulate while talking to someone about geography, geometry, and genetics, maybe consume some protein gel packs.
As a genuine gesture of gentlemanly genius, my genuine German genie will conjure up some gems to pay for everything.
Get the gist of what I'm saying?
I generally understand.
Oh boy let's have this argument again! Because it's so much fun every time!
It is funny every time and I'm tired of pretending it's not.
My first name starts with a G and it's soft. Many people will read it and pronounce it hard. This argument is for my identity
Here's another to add to the pronunciation wars. RetroArch is pronounced RetroArk. Which I will die on that hill because Arch stands for either Architecture or Archive. Too many times have I heard people on YouTube make it sound like McDonald's golden arches.
The devs have stated otherwise. The project was originally announced on an Arch Linux forum, so they included a nod in the name.
I hope you say jfeg the to be consistent, because that's how the p in photography is pronounced.
I hate this argument, that's literally what the creators of the format called it. Names of things don't always follow the rules of English.
You are right except: there are no rules in english, and this isn't an argument, its a joke.
I'm just gonna start pronouncing it yif
The G in God stands for GIF