Do you say jiff or giff?

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Do you say jiff or giff?

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If you say alound .gif... do you pronounce it as 'jiff' or 'giff'? Somewhere years ago I heard the correct pronunciation was 'jiff'... so that is what I've been saying for years. Who's with me?
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seodevhead wrote:Who's with me?
I usually use the hard "g" because .jiff is another image format. :)
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Hard G here too.

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Just to give these people a taste of their own medicine... I've started pronouncing "JPEG" with a hard G.
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I say jif, however i do not think it matters because people know what you are saying. It is like SQL (See-Kwul or S-Q-L)
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*Gasp* You mean SQL isn't only pronounced as an acronym? I was always wondering what that kid at work was saying.. I'd just nod and walk off.
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Dude, next thing you know someone will be asking how you pronounce 'PostgreSQL'... :roll:
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Everah wrote:Dude, next thing you know someone will be asking how you pronounce 'PostgreSQL'... :roll:
And here I was saying "grr" instead of "gres." Wiki has taught me a lesson.
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I always used the hard G, but years ago in my big bad multimedia school, my instructor informed us that the correct pronunciation was with a 'j' sound. Even though he also used a hard 'g'.

I'm still trying to pronounce Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
A lake in Webster Massachusetts. If I succeed I wonder if I can make money with my accomplishments.
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Tim Berners-Lee says anyone who pronounces .gif with a hard G is just plain an idiot. He made this statement years ago, so there may have been an apology in recent years I do not know about.
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Everah wrote:Dude, next thing you know someone will be asking how you pronounce 'PostgreSQL'... :roll:
Post-Gress-Q-L.
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I was always under the impression that it was
Post-Gray-Sequel
Go figure...
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Answer Responses Percentage
post-gres-q-l 2379 45.168%
post-gres 1611 30.587%
pahst-grey 24 0.456%
pg-sequel 50 0.949%
post-gree 350 6.645%
postgres-sequel 574 10.898%
p-g 49 0.930%
database 230 4.367%
Total 5267


And about that Gif think..I don't see when it stands for `Graphics Interchange Format` it should be pronounced with 'j'
http://winplanet.webopedia.com/terms/G/GIF.html
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Post by jyhm »

This is great! I think I'll make up acronyms and mess with the pronunciation just to mess with people. My first acronym is, drum roll please:

S.O.M.A.A.D.L.

Which stands for:

Sit On My @ass All Day Long

And because I created it, I am going to pronounce it:

'soma' 'aye' 'dee' 'el'

Forcing everyone to pronounce that extra 'a' character instead of lazily meshing it into one sound like:

'soma' 'dee' 'el'


please stay tuned for more!
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