Gif? or Jif?

Gif? or Jif?


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Pikmon2

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Conventions of the english language dictate that you would pronounce it jif. However, it isn't an english word, it's an acronym.

acronym
[ak-ruh-nim]
noun
1. a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism.

It's pronounced gee-eye-eff. Stop being lazy, all of you!


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I guess so. Since it's sort of like how people try to pronounce "lol". They all say it wrong since it's "L-O-L"...
BUT I STILL SAY IT "JIF" OK.
 
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Conventions of the english language dictate that you would pronounce it jif. However, it isn't an english word, it's an acronym.

acronym
[ak-ruh-nim]
noun
1. a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism.

It's pronounced gee-eye-eff. Stop being lazy, all of you!


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Say the letter G.
You just made a J sound.
 

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"omg it's pronounced gif because it stands for graphics interchange format!!1"

Explain SOPA. I've never heard it being said without an a pronounced as "Ah". According to what a few people have been saying, we need to pronounce the "a" the same as the way the "e" in cafe is pronounced. gg.
 

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The "legal" pronunciation has it as jif, however the society accepted pronunciation is gif.
Explain SOPA. I've never heard it being said without an a pronounced as "Ah". According to what a few people have been saying, we need to pronounce the "a" the same as the way the "e" in cafe is pronounced. gg.
Not entirely true;

SOPA when pronounced yes, is technically considered with an 'e' however, they are giving it a stupid foreign accent which means it goes right back to sounding like 'uh'. Therefore, the correct pronunciation of SOPA is "soap-uh"
 

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Okay, my opinion? For starters, it's spelled GIF, the proper way to say it would be with a G sound. But! The creator calls it JIF, obviously with a J sound. The creator has every right to have it pronounced that way. BUTT! The term "G.I.F." is used world-wide by the likes of many, including all of you. Due to majority in many cases of spelling, things have been pronounced differently than originaly planned. In addition to that, it's not just called the original JIF, but also GIF. So which ever came first or not, they are BOTH correct, meaning that there will never be an end to this war of how to pronoun- pronun- pronunceeae? ERRGGH. See? You got me messed up now. The point being you are ALL right to call it which ever you want and you will still be correct. :D
 
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