Hard G club
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Seriously. I will not conflate an image format with a brand of peanut butter.
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It is both. There is room in this world for two pronunciations of words.
I pronounce it 'gif' myself
I know people who pronounce it both ways, so I understand that it is both.
With a username like that, I would expect that since you're drunk on Apple wine & therefore probably screw it up yourself... 😜
Your username checks out.
Yeah, like you're the first to tell me that.
Explanation: Around the turn of the millennium, I was trying to come up with a username to use on a particular site that had a shortish character count limit for usernames. My goal was something related to the fact that I would often be making my points in arguments with "holier-than-thou" types by taking what they were saying, and turning it on its head so the offensive stuff was directed back at them.
I also happened to learn shortly beforehand that many years ago "'ape" was somewhat commonly used as a verb to mean "imitate" or "copy."
I'm sure you can figure the rest out.
Step away from the shit-pile. Your food fight isn't going to happen, no matter how many handfuls you lob at passers-by.
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No, the peanut butter pronunciation aficionados must be suppressed at all costs. It is the only path forward for peace.
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This is the correct take.
This is not the correct take you heathen
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Some speakers pronounce GIF as an initialism rather than an acronym, producing /dʒiː aɪ ɛf/.
Monsters.
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Ah shit, here we jo ajain.
I am going to counter this by pronouncing jpeg as „jay pej“
Sorry, but JIF was already taken by a brand of peanutbutter for almost 30 years before the Graphics Interchange Format was created.
Never mind that when written out like that, the first word of the acronym tells you how to say it. Otherwise we'd be pronouncing that word like "giraffe-icks."
I am 70% in agreement on that. It would be 100%, but someone once pointed out to me that SCUBA is pronounced differently than the words making up the acronym. It's not "oonderwater." Maybe we should say "Skuhbuh" instead of "scoobuh." 🤣
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Take that you choosy mothers.
Subtle. I like.
gif as 'n gift, so it in fact das werk dat wae!!
I accept both form of pronounciation, but I say gif.
Damn woke lib!
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Let's ask Jod what he thinks.
Idiots will argue over anything.
Will not!
But without them, you'd be the low-hanging fruit labeled "idiot."
The fact they have to spell the "correct" way with a J is hilarious to me
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Soft G club
Probably not the only thing you’re wrong about.
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You have no idea!
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Counterpoint: the official pronunciation sounds like "yiff"; so, no thank you.
Are you Swedish or something?
Whoa, man, that's ridiculous. They're just a furry.
Swedes can be furries, too!
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Gif is correct, IDGAF what anyone says.
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