how is .gif pronounced?

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how do you gif, hard g or soft g?

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Option	Votes
"giff"	94
"jiff"	37

― / me, / me. /. /. (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:11 (thirteen years ago)

"yiff"

― lil queequeg (peter grasswich), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

I need a definitive answer on this!

― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

"hiff"

― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:13 (thirteen years ago)

"Viking"

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:14 (thirteen years ago)

JIFF
JAY-peg
PEE-en-JEE

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:14 (thirteen years ago)

ciderpress otm x3

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:15 (thirteen years ago)

giff ffs

― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:15 (thirteen years ago)

hard?

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:15 (thirteen years ago)

"JIFF
JAY-peg
PEE-en-JEE

― ciderpress, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:14 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"

WHAT?

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:15 (thirteen years ago)

I mean I'm with you on jay-peg and pee-en-jee but I thought everyone said GIF

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:16 (thirteen years ago)

Graphics
Interchange
Format

GIF WITH A HARD "G"

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:16 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah I am shocked that anyone would use a soft g.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:17 (thirteen years ago)

I like my image formats like I like my men... with a hard G.

― emil.y, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:17 (thirteen years ago)

hard G, as in Garu

― WmC, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:18 (thirteen years ago)

jiff is what I've always said/thought. I also call .wav files WAHV files so I am basically just a horrible person

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:18 (thirteen years ago)

i call those 'wave'

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:19 (thirteen years ago)

the G is silent tbrr

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:19 (thirteen years ago)

yeah, I know that's the normal and logical way to say it. xpost

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:19 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/8G63z.gif

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:20 (thirteen years ago)

giff is more logical but i say jiff anyway

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:20 (thirteen years ago)

crut you're a monster

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:20 (thirteen years ago)

"ngiff"

― jim, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:21 (thirteen years ago)

gif

what are you all french or something jeez

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:21 (thirteen years ago)

Jiff is what the inventors called it but wtf do those fools know.

― Always try to avoid setting up future opportunities for kicking yourself (ledge), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:21 (thirteen years ago)

Hard-g "gif" is such a punchable sound.

― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:21 (thirteen years ago)

I pronounce it with the hebrew pronounciation "gghhhhhif"

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:22 (thirteen years ago)

"jiff" = http://www.brandchannel.com/images/Home/460_home2_img1_peanutbutter_jif.jpg

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:23 (thirteen years ago)

Anyone who doesn't say gif is a git.

― Always try to avoid setting up future opportunities for kicking yourself (ledge), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:23 (thirteen years ago)

I also say "jit"

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:24 (thirteen years ago)

This is blowing my mind.

It's OK though cause I have a hard time remembering how to say Wi-fi. I've got it down now but once years ago I was on the phone with Hoosteen and said wi-fi like "wiffle" "feast" and he was like, WAHT DID YOU JUST SAY?! So I understand these things are sometimes hard.

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:24 (thirteen years ago)

"gif" =

http://eventityinc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/emily-giffin_books11.jpeg

― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:24 (thirteen years ago)

I say giff, but I suspect I'm wrong about this one

― Moodles, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:25 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.graceevan.org/files/Missions/Community%20Missions/JIFF%20logo.jpg

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:25 (thirteen years ago)

wiffle feast!

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:25 (thirteen years ago)

it's a thing

well, now it is

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:26 (thirteen years ago)

Jiff is what the inventors called it

Yeah, people. Stop disrespecting science.

― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:26 (thirteen years ago)

wee-fee

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:26 (thirteen years ago)

no more like wiff-fee

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

gif, absolutely, thought tbh this word should be avoided in irl out loud settings

― max, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.footballcardgallery.com/pics/1963-Kahns/23_Frank_Gifford_football_card.jpg

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

max otm

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

ANYWAY

GIFF

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

does anybody have the password to the wiffle feast

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/

― 1staethyr, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)

there is no way I am going to say anything other than "wiffle feast" when talking about wi-fi from now on

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:28 (thirteen years ago)

that page is bullshit

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:28 (thirteen years ago)

surprised you could even access that page on the wiffle feast

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:29 (thirteen years ago)

mmm wiffle feast

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:29 (thirteen years ago)

Authorial intent is irrelevant, fuck a Compuserve.

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:30 (thirteen years ago)

According to Steve Wilhite, the creator of the GIF format, the original pronunciation deliberately echoes the American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing this brand's television commercials.[4]

― borscht and bikinis (how's life), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:30 (thirteen years ago)

gif w/ a hard G just sounds bad anyway

― 1staethyr, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:30 (thirteen years ago)

jreat website

― / me, / me. /. /. (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:31 (thirteen years ago)

don't be snarky, joole

― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:31 (thirteen years ago)

HAHAHAHAHA

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:31 (thirteen years ago)

ilu nv

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:31 (thirteen years ago)

also .png is "ping"

― 1staethyr, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

wait omg what if it is joole??

― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

This thread is now making me think of

http://apt46.net/wp-content/upload/waffle-house.gif

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/L165XZaSbFw/0.jpg

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

.png is pronounced "png"

― / me, / me. /. /. (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

"waffle feast"

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

You know, one of the demons that rattles around in my brain makes me mispronouce hard g's as soft g's when no one else is around. So I get things like "Hunger James" and "Jerry Jarcia", etc.

― borscht and bikinis (how's life), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:32 (thirteen years ago)

it is not joole

― / me, / me. /. /. (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:33 (thirteen years ago)

it is 'go ole'

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:33 (thirteen years ago)

i did wonder about joole for a second

― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:33 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.venturevalkyrie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The_Machine_that_goes_Ping.jpg

"Bring in the machine that goes 'png!'"

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:33 (thirteen years ago)

go olé

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:33 (thirteen years ago)

there's a place near my in-laws called "Waffle Farm" - it does not sound appetizing but it always makes me giggle

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/GizmoNamingContest20020506.png

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

king kong vs. jodzilla

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

there is no dana only goole

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

"Later . . . with Gools Holland"

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

the waffle farm makes you jiggle?

― borscht and bikinis (how's life), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

"Tonight we dine...on mice!" -- come anticipate or at least acknowledge 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole' as directed by Zach Snyder

― / me, / me. /. /. (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:35 (thirteen years ago)

(thx veg)

― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:35 (thirteen years ago)

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:36 (thirteen years ago)

Legend of the Jardians: The Owls of Ja'Hoole

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:37 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq5NOeoZ3xU

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:37 (thirteen years ago)

jesanje der yuenjlinj

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:38 (thirteen years ago)

i'm gonna pronounce Goole the horrible town as Joole from now on

― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:38 (thirteen years ago)

The Goole of the Nile

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:38 (thirteen years ago)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ARDo07TDQlY/SULfD4B_vBI/AAAAAAAADUE/eGJa6rFknN8/s320/152.jpg

― emil.y, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:39 (thirteen years ago)

gesus christ @ all of this

― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:39 (thirteen years ago)

the inventors of .gif pronouncing it jif is like early pioneers in radiation. yeah you discovered it, but you didn't know what the fuck you were doing and you all died of cancer. jif is cancer QED

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:40 (thirteen years ago)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R35ZphIn67s/Tox-3T6GdTI/AAAAAAAAFKg/O9C8vSBhbAI/s1600/ventriloquist_dummies_14.jpg

"Suggest Gan"

― thread lock holiday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:40 (thirteen years ago)

defenders of "jif" on that basis: you are antonin scalia. let that percolate.

― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)

spiralli ftw

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/tKRLm.jpg

as jabbo would say, I'm a bad little jif

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:42 (thirteen years ago)

so is joofy a dog or what

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:43 (thirteen years ago)

joofy is obviously a doj

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:44 (thirteen years ago)

VJ on fire itt

― cwkiii, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:45 (thirteen years ago)

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120423144854/althistory/images/4/4b/DogeVittorioIV.jpg

― there is no dana, only (goole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:45 (thirteen years ago)

http://tatatataa.cn/

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:48 (thirteen years ago)

Et si t´es encore triste
Ou rien qu’si t’en as l’air
J’te raconterai comment
Tu d’viendras Rockefeller
On s’ra bien tous les deux
On r’chantera comme avant
Comme quand on était beaux Gef
Comme quand c´était l’temps
D´avant qu´on soit poivrots
Allez viens Gef, viens

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:53 (thirteen years ago)

Genna Gameson's jenitalia

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:56 (thirteen years ago)

wait, you pronounce genitalia with a hard g???

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:58 (thirteen years ago)

no I was just fucking around with g's and j's

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:58 (thirteen years ago)

move on

nothing to see here

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:58 (thirteen years ago)

IT DIDN'T WORK GESUS LET IT GO

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:59 (thirteen years ago)

let it jo

― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:59 (thirteen years ago)

omj

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:00 (thirteen years ago)

don't fight you juys ;_;

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:02 (thirteen years ago)

That goke isn't funny anymore.

― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:06 (thirteen years ago)

JTFO

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:07 (thirteen years ago)

Stop acting like a gerk.

― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:08 (thirteen years ago)

thread has gumped the shark

― barthes simpson, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:08 (thirteen years ago)

hay juys what's joing on

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:09 (thirteen years ago)

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)

http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/donald-gibb-ogre-revenge-of-the-nerds.jpg

― Old Lunch, 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)

Jheri

― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:01 (thirteen years ago)

Jheri Signfelt

― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:01 (thirteen years ago)

jinjer spice is jerry halliwell

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

how do you pronounce ilxor?

ilk sore

― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:40 (thirteen years ago)

i-l-x errrrrrrrr

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

i licks her

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

not surprised

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

HEY

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

eel-zore

― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:52 (thirteen years ago)

"ilxor" rhymes with "excelsior" obv

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:19 (thirteen years ago)

maybe with a mouthful of cheetos

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

"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 (thirteen years ago)

zheef

― Old Lunch, Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:31 (thirteen years ago)

Jeri Gewell

http://thedroidyourelookingfor.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/jewell_factsoflife.jpg

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Thursday, 11 October 2012 20:34 (thirteen years ago)

lool

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

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 (thirteen years ago)

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

― Old Lunch, Thursday, 11 October 2012 22:38 (thirteen years ago)

the g stands for graphical, get a brain compuserve

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

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

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

LOL as "lol" or "lowl"?

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

the lowls of ja rule obvs

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

omg = "ohmjuh"

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

ohtim

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

or fall as u guys call it

― zvookster, Thursday, 11 October 2012 23:09 (thirteen years ago)

'dot gif'

― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 October 2012 03:44 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

gift

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

girl

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

gimp

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

gif

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

Oh, "gift", nm.

4xpost ha

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 14 October 2012 04:17 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

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

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

don't forget the pancakes on lemon.gif day

― nashwan, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:37 (thirteen years ago)

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

― jiff boycott (NickB), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:40 (thirteen years ago)

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

― System, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

in your face, daaaaaaad

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

wooooooooo

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

94 ilxors can be wrong

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 02:14 (thirteen years ago)

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

― 1staethyr, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 05:52 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01455/White-afro_1455424i.jpg

― Burgled Hams (Old Lunch), Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:05 (thirteen years ago)

that hair

omg

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 October 2012 16:04 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

"Man on the street" in Times Square interviewed on ABC and asked how he thought social media affected the election said "jiff".

― xanthanguar (cwkiii), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 04:30 (thirteen years ago)

http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdfvn1qoux1qz6f9yo1_r1_500.jpg

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:21 (thirteen years ago)

that's funny they chose to verb, not the noun

― Z S, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:26 (thirteen years ago)

THE verb

― Z S, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:26 (thirteen years ago)

Gif It & Loop It, Jhøsh

― 乒乓, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:27 (thirteen years ago)

well yeah, i mean i know it can be a verb, but it just seems like the noun is the more basic version of it. oh well!

WORD OF THE YEAR 2012

― Z S, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:28 (thirteen years ago)

jif it & loop it, ghosh

― bill paxman (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:28 (thirteen years ago)

also, i'm no dictionary pro, but i thought you couldn't use the same word in its definition

*poops on parade from the clouds*

― Z S, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:29 (thirteen years ago)

Anesthesia, noun

when you use Anesthesia

― Z S, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:30 (thirteen years ago)

1. it's the word of the year because it's a new word they observed this year; GIF (n) was extant; gif (v) is a neologism
2. no reason you can't use a different sense of a word in a definition so long as it isn't circular

― does smooshing cloacae together actually count as sodomy??? (silby), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:34 (thirteen years ago)

also, i'm no dictionary pro, but i thought you couldn't use the same word in its definition

It's not a crossword puzzle clue.

― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:56 (thirteen years ago)

Re-giffing has turned gif-giving into a cynical affair, indeed.

― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:56 (thirteen years ago)

see, this is why i can't get my dictionary pro license

― Z S, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:09 (thirteen years ago)

qif

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:19 (thirteen years ago)

that is how the word queef will be spelled in 2013 (word of the year 2013)

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:19 (thirteen years ago)

qif it and loop it

― Z S, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:20 (thirteen years ago)

*poops on parade from the clouds*

― Z S, Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:29 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You should totally geef that!

I would, but I'm really on good at jaipegging.

― pplains, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:23 (thirteen years ago)

fuck the old time nerds, fuck the oed

― goole, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:54 (thirteen years ago)

i always liked animated gifs because they sound like animated gifts.. which is basically what they are

― ^ sarcasm (ken c), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 08:53 (thirteen years ago)

little animated parcels of joy

― ^ sarcasm (ken c), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 08:54 (thirteen years ago)

This is BS, no one says "Oh can you GIF this?" they say "Can you make an animated GIF?"

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 17:57 (thirteen years ago)

Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it,
Drag and drop it, gif - ungif it

― how's life, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 18:00 (thirteen years ago)

my sister makes gifs, i'm trying to remember how I ask her to make them. i think I say "you gotta make a gif of that" but maybe I use it as a verb. I certainly don't say "animated gif," how formal.

― sad faces at Terror Castle (reddening), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 18:16 (thirteen years ago)

i totally missed that GIF is the oxford american dictionary word of the year. as a verb. what.

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 23 November 2012 20:07 (thirteen years ago)

Can you gif that shit up for me?

― emil.y, Friday, 23 November 2012 20:09 (thirteen years ago)

i mean who even says that

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 23 November 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)

i got so giffed last night

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 November 2012 20:33 (thirteen years ago)

I'm gonna gif you so hard.

― emil.y, Friday, 23 November 2012 20:33 (thirteen years ago)

let me gif that for you

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 November 2012 20:33 (thirteen years ago)

gif me baby

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 November 2012 20:34 (thirteen years ago)

the giffed that keep on giffing

― crüt, Friday, 23 November 2012 20:36 (thirteen years ago)

"...And when you think I've giffed you all I can / I'm gonna gif you a little bit more..."

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 November 2012 20:58 (thirteen years ago)

verbing gifs

Gif It & Loop It, Jhøsh

― studge_siren.gif (onimo), Saturday, 24 November 2012 21:16 (thirteen years ago)

five months pass...

barack obama: wrong on .gif, wrong for america

― mookieproof, Friday, 26 April 2013 20:47 (twelve years ago)

Im w the president here.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 26 April 2013 20:51 (twelve years ago)

So am I. Gif we can believe in. Hard G, G.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 26 April 2013 20:57 (twelve years ago)

I've done web dev stuff since 1995 and never even considered the possibility that it could be 'jiff' until I heard someone say it this way maybe three years ago. It's preposterous and wrong no matter what anybody says.

― joygoat, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:04 (twelve years ago)

Commander-in-GIF

― how's life, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:05 (twelve years ago)

it's not a giraffe interchange format after all

― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:06 (twelve years ago)

I'm pretty sure in Dutch it should be 'hiff'

― Ismael Klata, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:06 (twelve years ago)

xp: exactly, why change the sound of the g from what it is in "graphic"? "gif" and "jpeg" aren't supposed to be alliterative.

next thing I know someone's going to try and tell me it should be "guh-peg" or "jah-peeg" or something equally wrong

― joygoat, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:09 (twelve years ago)

jah peg

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:10 (twelve years ago)

—Bob Marley

― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:12 (twelve years ago)

Gay pegs

― how's life, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:15 (twelve years ago)

I'm pretty sure in Dutch it should be 'hiff'

― Ismael Klata, vrijdag 26 april 2013 23:06 (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol, no, Obama speaks perfect Dutch in this regard

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:16 (twelve years ago)

I've only come round to saying hard G in the last 5 years or so. Since I first came across them on Compuserve I pronounced it soft G, and since I never heard said it loud or heard it said by anyone else, I just always assumed it was so and said soft G, convinced I was right. But there's no point swimming against the tide of truth.

― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:19 (twelve years ago)

tbf saying "jiff" is kind of funny so it's all good

― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:20 (twelve years ago)

and curse sir walter raleigh he was such a stupid gif

― how's life, Friday, 26 April 2013 22:56 (twelve years ago)

It is pronounced dot-get-teh-fuck-out

― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 27 April 2013 00:49 (twelve years ago)

Shouldn't it be jay-feg, given that the p is for foto?

― you say potatooles (onimo), Sunday, 28 April 2013 12:42 (twelve years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/5b8557ed697342ccc5af437d798121c6/tumblr_mmm9mbNe381rw9dz1o1_500.gif

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:23 (twelve years ago)

How long do I need to watch this before Bugs tricks Daffy into pulling down the wrong poster?

― The Parvenu Fucktard (onimo), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:42 (twelve years ago)

It is Jif with a J

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22620473

― not_goodwin, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:30 (twelve years ago)

"The OED told the BBC that it was beyond the software engineer's control to determine how the word should be said."

smackdown

― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:32 (twelve years ago)

It should not be pronounced at all.

― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:33 (twelve years ago)

Jod dammit, I've been pronouncing it wrong all this time.

― StanM, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:33 (twelve years ago)

fortunately for 'the inventor' the english speaking word has corrected his obvious mistake

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:43 (twelve years ago)

world

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:44 (twelve years ago)

i notice that Bugs is pulling for hard G, that settles it imo

― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:45 (twelve years ago)

Should be
http://in.all.biz/img/in/catalog/10420.jpeg

― not_goodwin, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:48 (twelve years ago)

Is this an OK Cupid question? It really should be.

― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:49 (twelve years ago)

gif inventor getting all butthurt about a specific pronunciation just makes me want to do the opposite of whatever he says

― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:51 (twelve years ago)

Can not think of a more annoying-sounding collection of glots than "gif."

― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:52 (twelve years ago)

And I blame

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u8A2hYEV5xM/S9yiZYhjRBI/AAAAAAAACXw/1JjaAb77np4/s1600/hotm.jpg

― Not Simone Choule (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:53 (twelve years ago)

is there any correlation between hard/soft g gif ppl and hard/soft g algae ppl?

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 14:59 (twelve years ago)

who in the shit pronounces algae with a hard g?

― how's life, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:09 (twelve years ago)

"jif" person, btw^

― how's life, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:09 (twelve years ago)

who in the shit pronounces algae with a hard g?

http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/2426370/480/misc/ape-waving-hand-hg-clr.gif

― nagl dude dude dude (ledge), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:11 (twelve years ago)

Lead Guh

― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:16 (twelve years ago)

six months pass...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/jeopardy-gifs_n_4383490.html

― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 19:53 (twelve years ago)

Jeopardy FTW

― Alfre, Lord Woodard (Eric H.), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 19:54 (twelve years ago)

I honestly don't care how the inventor wants it to be pronounced. The language will shake out its own pronunciation in the long run, and that will be with a hard "g".

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 20:11 (twelve years ago)

anybody see that xmas ad for one of the department stores? the neighbors are "giffing out"? kudos to them for getting it RIGHT but i felt like was going crazy seeing it at all

― napgenius (goole), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 20:18 (twelve years ago)

Not for me

xpost

― Le passé, non seulement n'est pas fugace, il reste sur place (Michael White), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 20:18 (twelve years ago)

Adore Geopardy

― 乒乓, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 20:19 (twelve years ago)

Trebek's the authority, I guess.

At any rate, I'll have to look at my local TV sedgeuhwool to see when that episode comes on.

― pplains, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 20:24 (twelve years ago)

ten months pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1Ig6lrIYAAtokp.png

― caucasity and the sundance kid (goole), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 21:41 (eleven years ago)

*Lives*

― 龜, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 21:46 (eleven years ago)

six months pass...

https://vine.co/v/O2pEEZnb6jD

― 龜, Saturday, 16 May 2015 14:53 (ten years ago)

three years pass...

hmmmm, let me think

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:31 (seven years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/3OuZ5QS.gif

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:32 (seven years ago)

Geoff

― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:35 (seven years ago)

― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:37 (seven years ago)

eleven months pass...

ATM = Automated teller machine

We don't say "ahh tee emm"

― i'd rather zing like a man, than FP like a coward (Neanderthal), Saturday, 17 August 2019 19:08 (six years ago)

we don’t say “attum” either

― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Sunday, 18 August 2019 00:25 (six years ago)

We say jay-peg instead of jay-feg, though.

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 18 August 2019 17:24 (six years ago)

I see the point has been made.

― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 18 August 2019 17:30 (six years ago)

five months pass...

― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:48 (five years ago)

how it is pronounced is however you pronounce it. how well you are comprehended is up to the listener.

― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:16 (five years ago)

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