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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.
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
Okay Geoff.
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Hey, Gerome.
I hope you say jfeg the to be consistent, because that’s how the p in photography is pronounced.
Let’s just agree on asking ChatJPT how it should be pronounced and go with whatever it says?
jay pee tee?
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.
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.
Names of things don’t have to follow “the rules of english” to change and morph with who is using them.
Acting like there is any immutable qualities to any language or word is kinda silly.
Currently, with the common opinion split pretty well, the correct answer for how to say it is “‘gif’ or ‘jif’”. Call it whichever you want.
That would be valid if it is a name and not an acronym.
Explain how it being an acronym affects the pronunciation?
I unapologetically say jif
Both are equally correct, so use whatever pronunciation you want.
Yes… the jraphical interchange format file extension has no proper pronunciation so we all get pronunciation participation trophies.
How do you pronounce laser?
Or George? Or genius? Or gelatin? Or gender? Or gigantic? Or ginger? Etc, etc, etc…
Yes that’s true, but I was specifically replying to the person who said “jraphics”, as if an acronym has to follow the pronunciation of the component words… The s in laser stands for stimulated, and we pronounce it like z… Never heard anyone complaining “we don’t say ztimulated, so you shouldn’t pronounce it as lazer”.
You live by some weird logic.
nah, the logic is sound
I use both interchangeably. With no pattern. Much like how programs will spell check “colour”. Lives are changed in equal quantities.
There is a pattern. In the USA it is incorrectly spelled as ‘Color’. In countries where the English language has not been degraded in the same wilfully ignorant manner, it is spelled correctly as ‘colour’.
You cannot know the forbidden truth.
You know what I think, almost no one ever needs to actually say this word anyway. Anyone who uses them knows what they are and don’t need to talk about them, and if they do it’s just in a quick text chat.
The G in God stands for GIF
Hard G is the only way
Anything else is seeking attention.
Says the person seeking attention.
Someone with a big tiddy anime profile pic couldn’t possibly be doing that
Thankfully jifs are pretty much dead
