how is .gif pronounced?

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I was going to say something about working in technology and your pronunciation of GIF but I'm too traumatized by imagining The Owls of Ja Rule

Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:11 (thirteen years ago)

loooooool

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:11 (thirteen years ago)

http://gothamist.com/attachments/arts_jen/2007_07_arts_ja.jpg

"Tonight we dine... on MICE! MURDER INC!"

Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:13 (thirteen years ago)

Accidentally voted "jif" but yeah i say "gif".

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:23 (thirteen years ago)

You have already voted in this poll and cannot vote ajain.

Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:23 (thirteen years ago)

jod dammit

thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:24 (thirteen years ago)

giraffe

mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:24 (thirteen years ago)

wtf this is a hard g people

Professor Giff (NickB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:27 (thirteen years ago)

Ain't nothing but a j thang.

controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:29 (thirteen years ago)

The Owls of Ja Rule

honestly surrpised this was not a somer dude sn at one point

barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:30 (thirteen years ago)

me too, actually

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:31 (thirteen years ago)

JAWF, as in Geoffrey

Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:42 (thirteen years ago)

party on jarth

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:42 (thirteen years ago)

geoiff

Anime Mann (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:43 (thirteen years ago)

allo juvna wots all this then

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:47 (thirteen years ago)

Can't talk, off to have a Gello pudding pop.

Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:54 (thirteen years ago)

max basically already said this but there is no reason you should be saying "gif" out loud

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:56 (thirteen years ago)

HAY I GUST SENT YOU THIS AMAZING JIFF OF JORDON RAMSAY DOING GUDO

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:57 (thirteen years ago)

xp: unless you are a software developer

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:58 (thirteen years ago)

don't you want to be correct when you think it in your head?

mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:58 (thirteen years ago)

Jive me a break!

controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:02 (thirteen years ago)

i sometimes work in ICT classes and not saying gif out loud wd make the class unnecessarily circumlocutory

thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:03 (thirteen years ago)

if you are a software developer, get a tattoo that says "gif" on your palm and flash it instead of saying the word out loud

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:04 (thirteen years ago)

mime this gif, people will know what you mean:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ntmegh1y1r3ya8f.gif

there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:05 (thirteen years ago)

still kinda baffled by this "first rule of internet club is you do not talk about internet club" attitude tbh

thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:06 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62B4tnizj_8

Professor Giff (NickB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:07 (thirteen years ago)

SNOOP DOJJY DOJ AND DR DRE ARE FUCKEN ACTORS

thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:10 (thirteen years ago)

This just reminds me of the confusion resulting for anglophone students of French that, in the French alphabet, J is 'gee' and G is 'jay'.

Wenie, weedie, weekie...

The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:11 (thirteen years ago)

haha, related: an (anglophone) friend of mine was trying to help her francophone, yet quite anglo bilingual boyfriend pronounce the word JENGA and after trying a few times, he declared "This word is full of traps!"

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:24 (thirteen years ago)

also, wifi is pronounced wee-fee in french
so that's fun

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:24 (thirteen years ago)

i say gif hard g

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)

"This word is full of traps!"

looooooool

purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)

I don't pronounce it, as such:

http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/img/codes_semaphore_001.gif

I guess it's sort of pronounced "whoosh"?

Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)

only sentence i've ever used it in, likely only with fellow ilxors irl: "oh that reminds me of that animated gif.../have you seen that animated gif..."

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:26 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, exactly

(✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:27 (thirteen years ago)

how do you pronounce ilxor?

barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:28 (thirteen years ago)

eye-el-eks-or

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:30 (thirteen years ago)

Eye Elixir

Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:30 (thirteen years ago)

alternately, Gordon Shumway

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:31 (thirteen years ago)

ah, always thought it was "vik-ing"

barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:31 (thirteen years ago)

internet people

obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:31 (thirteen years ago)

milk-sop

Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:32 (thirteen years ago)

nerds

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:35 (thirteen years ago)

'the voices in my head'

WmC, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:42 (thirteen years ago)

markers

barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:42 (thirteen years ago)

The Seinfeld i just watched had this appropriate exchange...

JERRY: <Looks at the owner's manual.> Owner's manual...you know what? This car was owned by Jon Voight.

GEORGE: Ah! See? I told ya.

JERRY: Except Jon is spelled with an H. J-O-H-N.

GEORGE: So?

JERRY: Doesn't Jon Voight spell his name J-O-N?

GEORGE (pulls over): So, what are you saying?

JERRY: Nothing. I'm sure "Jon" probably mispelled his own name. I know sometimes I spell Jerry with a G...and an I! <Laughs uproariously.>

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:57 (thirteen years ago)

Oh good we finally got to that complete insanity, "Gerry." Because REALLY??

purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:59 (thirteen years ago)

Geri.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:00 (thirteen years ago)

this website makes a pretty compelling case that it's supposed to be JIFF: http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/

however, imo it is

GIF (hard g)

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:00 (thirteen years ago)


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