Survey: How do you pronounce the file extension .gif?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:33 am
Settle a bet.
Hard, like gift without the 't'. Seemed a logical word to liken it to for me.
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Survey: How do you pronounce the file extension .gif?
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:35 am
Git out ov it!
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:38 am
Hard G, as in git.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:39 am
I pronounce it like girraffe. of Jif, the cleaning product.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:41 am
Like Jiffy peanut butter 
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!Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:48 am
Usually with the hard "G." But I sometimes slip and say Jif.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:50 am
Me too. Although, I think subconsciously I pronounce it this way because the acronym stands for "Graphical Interchange Format", which obviously has the hard 'g' sound.Joel Fagin wrote:Hard, like gift without the 't'. Seemed a logical word to liken it to for me.
- Joel Fagin
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:56 am
avatar__007 wrote:Me too. Although, I think subconsciously I pronounce it this way because the acronym stands for "Graphical Interchange Format", which obviously has the hard 'g' sound.Joel Fagin wrote:Hard, like gift without the 't'. Seemed a logical word to liken it to for me.
- Joel Fagin
NEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:56 am
Apparently the fellows at CompuServe who invented the format say it should be pronounced "Jif"; it says so right in the original specifications from 1987 (apparently the peanut butter pun was too difficult to resist). But common usage seems to dictate that it's pronounced with a hard G, logically following the pronunciation of "graphics" (as in Graphics Interchange Format).
So, CompuServe be damned, I'm pronouncing it with a hard G. Say it loud, say it proud!
So, CompuServe be damned, I'm pronouncing it with a hard G. Say it loud, say it proud!
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:03 am
You've got it all wrong... it's my subconscious that's the nerd!ryclaude wrote:avatar__007 wrote:Me too. Although, I think subconsciously I pronounce it this way because the acronym stands for "Graphical Interchange Format", which obviously has the hard 'g' sound.Joel Fagin wrote:Hard, like gift without the 't'. Seemed a logical word to liken it to for me.
- Joel Fagin
NEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!
I guess I'm kind of a conscious nerd too...
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:06 am
Joel Fagin wrote:Hard, like gift without the 't'.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:12 am
Hard like Gift, minus the T.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:13 am
Ths correct answer is "jiff."
I still pronounce it "gif" like gift though.
edited for horrific grammar.
I still pronounce it "gif" like gift though.
edited for horrific grammar.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:40 am
Jiff is supposed to be pronounced like yiff though.
Do you really want to talk about yiffs?
Do you really want to talk about yiffs?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:01 am
hard G it just makes sense that way
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:08 am
Yeah, I pronounce it with a soft G sound. It's right behind an "i", so it's pronounced like "j".
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:19 am
Like the "j" because of it's association with porn.
(Get a hard-on in a GIF-fy!)
(Get a hard-on in a GIF-fy!)
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:27 am
Jiff is pronounced like yiff? I thought it had the "J" sound.War wrote:Jiff is supposed to be pronounced like yiff though.
Do you really want to talk about yiffs?
And there will be no talking about yiff here.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:39 am
Both.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:44 am
What joel and rkolter said.