Remilia Scarlet Posted August 13, 2017 You'll pry the hard G and short I from my cold dead hands. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) Which is which? Is Jif the hard G or is Gif the hard G? Gif is the hard G right? Every time I've said it out loud I've said G-I-F. J-P-G, P-N-G and so on. 0 Share this post Link to post
Red Posted August 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, geo said: Which is which? Hard G is like Goat and Soft G is like Gym 1 Share this post Link to post
konamikode Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) Hard G for me. Excited to see this intense... "battle" play out. What pronunciation will win? 1 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) Quote Summary execution for Soft G sympathizers. BRING IT, YO 2 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, CARRiON said: Reminds me of gib or jib. I always pronounced that with a hard G as well. 1 Share this post Link to post
CzechMate29200 Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) you see, this is why I like the Czech language. It is read how it's spelled. And shitty debates like this never happen. Also, spelling bees are a fucking breeze :) Edited August 14, 2017 by CzechMate29200 3 Share this post Link to post
bioshockfan90 Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) soft g my man, G as in graphics not jiraffics EDIT: ohhh hard G Edited August 13, 2017 by bioshockfan90 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted August 13, 2017 A G as in "graphics" would be a hard G... 4 Share this post Link to post
bioshockfan90 Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) hard G I'm dumb Edited August 13, 2017 by bioshockfan90 0 Share this post Link to post
Voros Posted August 13, 2017 I pronounce gif as G-I-F. Because "jif" and "gif" sound weird. BTW did you know that Jif is the name of some peanut butter brand, and the team who created the gif format usually called the file format as jif? 2 Share this post Link to post
everennui Posted August 14, 2017 It's like knife, but with a g instead. Jah-eye-ph-augh almost like a soft h at the end. 0 Share this post Link to post
Empyre Posted August 14, 2017 4 hours ago, everennui said: It's like knife, but with a g instead. Jah-eye-ph-augh almost like a soft h at the end. Are you an Idea Channel viewer? I pronounce GIF like the format's creators pronounce it, with a soft G. 2 Share this post Link to post
Era Di Cate Posted August 14, 2017 I pronounce it: GIFFF with a rock-hard G. Jif feels like a naughty word, so GIFFF feels nicer for me to say. 1 Share this post Link to post
Spectre01 Posted August 14, 2017 Gif, gibs, giraffe - all with a hard G. 3 Share this post Link to post
Agentbromsnor Posted August 14, 2017 I always pronounce it with a "hard G", because otherwise it sounds like "yiff". 0 Share this post Link to post
everennui Posted August 14, 2017 @Empyre I think I heard it on v-sauce. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tracer Posted August 14, 2017 G like great, graphic, grandma, gain, or grain. I selected the wrong option when I voted though because I confused hard and soft G sounds. 0 Share this post Link to post
antares031 Posted August 14, 2017 The pronunciation of G is weird. No offense to English speakers. Anyway, since GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, I pronounce it G from Graphics. 2 Share this post Link to post
Red Posted August 14, 2017 For those answering with "Hard G because Graphics", do you pronounced Laser, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, like lah-ser? Like in Lamp? 1 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted August 15, 2017 20 hours ago, antares031 said: The pronunciation of G is weird. No offense to English speakers. None taken, the language is a cobbled together mess of a thing 3 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted August 15, 2017 Soft G because in my native language there are clear rules for pronunciation and one of those is "c and g are always soft in front of e, i, and y; and always hard in any other circumstance". (Also the guy who named the format specifically wanted it to refer to the "in a jiffy" expression because the aim was to reduce download times back when 56K modems were considered broadband.) English doesn't have any pronunciation rule, however, so I'd pronounce it something like "fnord" I think. 0 Share this post Link to post