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[Dead Man]

I'm going to say it like I've always said it.

Gift. The word 'Gift' without the t. So Gif.

Case closed.

 

[MormaPope]

Case closed.

Damn right.

 

[Candeldandel]

Ok, the thread title change got me. LOL!

Hard g, peeps. The Prez knows what's up.

As a friend said, "NeoJAF: Believe."

 

[lastflowers]

Jif like a banana

 

[MIMIC]

I must be the only muppet that actually spells it out as Gee Eye Eff.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=351106

Spoiler

I still do =p

 

[Krabardaf]

It should be Jif. But this pronunciation is despicable, so screw the authors and let's embrace the hard G.

 

[MIMIC]

I'm going to say it like I've always said it.

Gift. The word 'Gift' without the t. So Gif.

So how do you pronounce geek?

 

[Synless]

wtf

Well, it's not that outlandish if you think about it. Gym has the "J" sound for example. I for one however, have always pronounced it with a hard "G" like the word "get".

 

[Cereal KiIIer]

Hard G

It's not Jraphic, it's graphic.

 

[Rentahamster]

Blasphemy. Welp, I'm not voting Obama for third term.

 

[Aaron Strife]

When i went to school for graphic design all my professors pronounced it jif.

Whatever tomato tomahto (except no one says tomahto)

 

[KevinRo]

I've always said jif.

When I was young, over 10 years ago my friend said 'gif' as in gift.

Big argument ensued.

 

[subrock]

Incorrect. Iwata himself said "Snes", not "Ehs Ehn E Ehs"

Oh so we're going by what the creator says now?

 

[BocoDragon]

That one is easy, anyone that has the En E Ess calls it an S En E Ess. Anything else is wrong.

99% of people who say acronyms as if they are words are having fun and trolling those who get uptight about it.

 

[Ryaaan14]

It is actually pronounced jif, so you losers should enjoy your lil circle jerk while you can.

 

[harmonize]

I actually pronounced it "gif" until I came here, where I saw a thread that convinced me to start calling it "jif". And now I have to switch back.

So I guess the moral of the story is to never listen to you guys.

 

[Dead Man]

When i went to school for graphic design all my professors pronounced it jif.

Whatever tomato tomahto (except no one says tomahto)

Australians say tomahto. They laugh at me every time I say tomato

 

[GoddyofAus]

I don't even care. The creator says it's Jif, so that's what it is.

 

[Setsuna]

Gee Eye Eff

its the only way

 

[Des0lar]

If the person that invented any object pronounced it a certain way, that would be the pronunciation, because that's how it was intended. Might make more sense another way but it's still not what it is.

No. There person who invents something can still be wrong. Especially on the case of how language works.

 

[Skilotonn]

It should have never been a debate in the first place, that's how it should have been the whole time.

Lay down the law Obama.

 

[Moral Panic]

It's pronounced jif. Anything else is wrong.

White house will have this alongside their drone program as their missteps when people look back in the future.

 

[TemplaerDude]

People who pronounce it "jif" are the kind of people who enjoy the scent of their own poops.

 

[Neuromancer]

It was always a hard G. It's a picture, not a brand of Peanut Butter.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

Australians say tomahto. They laugh at me every time I say tomato

Britain says tomahto too.

 

[OgTheClever]

Britain says tomahto too.

Better than tomayto.

 

[Hoo-doo]

"Animated Jif".

Tell me that doesn't sound stupid.

"Animated Gif." Hard G for lyfe.

 

[Stronghammer22]

I've always pronounced it with a hard G. I was surprised it was even an issue for debate, as when I hear JIF, I think of cleaning products. The hard G makes sense and sounds better, in my opinion.

 

[DietRob]

I actually pronounced it "gif" until I came here, where I saw a thread that convinced me to start calling it "jif". And now I have to switch back.

So I guess the moral of the story is to never listen to you guys.

Yes.

 

[snacknuts]

Soft G.

 

[WedgeX]

I stand with our President. A hard g to see us through.

JIF is delicious peanut butter.

 

[Izayoi]

Team hard G for me, it's how I've always said it.

Sounds better than that soft G shit. We go hard here.

 

[MattKeil]

It is actually pronounced jif, so you losers should enjoy your lil circle jerk while you can.

I figured a forum as rabidly anti-Star Wars prequel as GAF would realize that the creator of something is not always the best authority on the creation.

Hard "G" is the only reasonable choice.

 

[Ephemeris]

Team Hard G all day.

 

[Htown]

I'll pronounce it like the closest actual word, gift, instead of some dumbass peanut butter brand that doesn't even have a G in it.

 

[Rapstah]

The real bullshit is that "PNG" is officially supposed to be pronounced "ping". The very 90s web page of one of the guys responsible for the format says so.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Go hard or go home.

You jiff people disgust me.

 

[Dead Man]

The real bullshit is that "PNG" is officially supposed to be pronounced "ping". The very 90s web page of one of the guys responsible for the format says so.

What the hell is wrong with these people?

 

[Stinkles]

Thisisneojaf.gif

 

[PhoenixDawn]

I don't even understand how it can be Jif? Do you people pronounce graphic as girrafic as well? Hard G for life.

 

[Fusion Pizza]

Not to mention the 'g' stands for a word that is pronounced with a hard 'g'. The President of the United States has issued an executive order that GIF is pronounced with a hard 'g', the debate is over. Pack it up.

Glad that we are getting this important business out of the way.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Thisisneojaf.gif

 

[megarockexe]

Gee Eye Eff

its the only way

Yup. I won't participate in the arbitrary pronunciation of acronyms. What's the .exe file extension? Ecks-eh?

 

[BuggyDClown]

I never understood this.

Its Gif, not Jiff. Just like it's gift but without the t.

 

[BigDug13]

I've pronounced it with a hard G since GIF was the file type of choice of naked pictures that I downloaded off Bulletin Boards with my 14.4 fax modem pre-Internet. And I'm not changing now.

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

I never understood this.

Its Gif, not Jiff. Just like it's gift but without the t.

Why the fuck does everyone keep repeating this and the "jraphics" shit? That's not how the rules of language work; you can't just say it's the same pronunciation as "gift" without the T. Character and char have two totally "ch" sounds yet start the same. Plus, GIF is an acronym.

 

[Dali]

I always spelled it out in the rare occasions I have to reference the format aloud IRL. So I guess I'm the Linux in this Mac/Windows debate.

 

[Aberrant]

Gee Eye Eff

its the only way

Yes!

 

[Broseybrose]

Brilliant new thread title.

Its always been gif to me. Were talking images not peanut butter.

 

[Tenck]

Oh so we're going by what the creator says now?

Except Iwata didn't make the Nes or Snes, so I'm not sure where you're going with this.