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'the voices in my head'

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

markers

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

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 (eleven years ago) link

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

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

Geri.

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

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 (eleven years ago) link

Jheri

Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link

Jheri Signfelt

Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link

jinjer spice is jerry halliwell

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link

how do you pronounce ilxor?

ilk sore

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link

i-l-x errrrrrrrr

Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link

i licks her

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link

not surprised

The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link

HEY

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link

eel-zore

Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link

"ilxor" rhymes with "excelsior" obv

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link

maybe with a mouthful of cheetos

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link

"giff" is "correct" so I voted for it but in practice "jiff" is usually funnier to say.

www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link

zheef

Old Lunch, Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link

lool

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link

back in the late nineties i said "jiff," then switched to "giff" when a friend convinced me it was right, and then the same friend found out how the creators pronounced it and we BOTH switched to "jiff." that's enough word-based peer pressure for one lifetime.

i've hidden a white teen on Crimedoer Mountain (reddening), Thursday, 11 October 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link

The 'g' and the 'f' are silent. It's pronounced 'EEEEEEEEEEE'.

Old Lunch, Thursday, 11 October 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link

the g stands for graphical, get a brain compuserve

--bob marley (lag∞n), Thursday, 11 October 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link

do you pronounce ASAP as "ah-sap" or "ay-sap"?

borscht and bikinis (how's life), Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link

LOL as "lol" or "lowl"?

borscht and bikinis (how's life), Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link

the lowls of ja rule obvs

--bob marley (lag∞n), Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link

omg = "ohmjuh"

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link

ohtim

--bob marley (lag∞n), Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link

or fall as u guys call it

zvookster, Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link

'dot gif'

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 October 2012 03:44 (eleven years ago) link

I had no idea anyone used a hard "g"! Is there any English word where "g" is pronounced with a hard "g" sound when it precedes "i"??

EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:14 (eleven years ago) link

gift

--bob marley (lag∞n), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link

girl

--bob marley (lag∞n), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link

gimp

--bob marley (lag∞n), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link

gif

--bob marley (lag∞n), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link

Oh, "gift", nm.

4xpost ha

EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:17 (eleven years ago) link

OK, a bunch are listed on the page ZS linked. I clearly should not post about anything requiring moderate alertness at this time of night.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link

Wait, who pronounces it "jif"? My dad doesn't even do that.

where is el airoporto? (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link

don't forget the pancakes on lemon.gif day

nashwan, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:37 (eleven years ago) link

dad avoids embarrassing gif gaff, pronouncing it jiff is strictly for riff-raff

jiff boycott (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:40 (eleven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link

in your face, daaaaaaad

down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 00:05 (eleven years ago) link

wooooooooo

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:51 (eleven years ago) link

94 ilxors can be wrong

mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link

everyone’s right because in my head i’m pronouncing “giff” with a soft g

1staethyr, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 05:52 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF_k6mIw9w0

"my little jhetto blaster"

which immediately made me think "gheri curls".

sorcery is in the gutter (how's life), Thursday, 18 October 2012 11:48 (eleven years ago) link


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