The creators of SCSI wanted it to be pronounced ‘sexy’ (SeCSI). Tough luck.
An Honor for the Creator of the GIF
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#24The 'G' sound in the word 'G-raphics' (GIF = Graphics Interchange Format) makes more sense to carry over to the acronym. I think the boats understandably sailed Mr.White!
What about JPEG then? Should that be pronounced JPHEG since it stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
That's how I'm rollin' from now on.
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#25I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "ping" now since GIF is rolling slowly to the dustbin. Of course I'm sure the creator of the PNG format would say it's pronounced "pong". At least that would make sense. The whole jiff joke was never, ever funny. The reason people use a hard G is because that's what makes sense given the wording of the acronym. Unless I've been pronouncing "graphics" wrong this whole time?
I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "ping" now since GIF is rolling slowly to the dustbin. PNG can't be used to make animations. GIF can. That alone is enough to ensure GIF will be around for a long, long time.
I'm still hoping for the rise of tag based "gifs". Better compression, sound as an option. Vine provides a decent attempt at this.
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#26I used to pronounce it incorrectly, but my friend who built the NSFW site theworstdrug.com, which lets you click through the most popular GIFs on tumblr (hint they are all porn) enlightened me
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "ping" now since GIF is rolling slowly to the dustbin. PNG can't be used to make animations. GIF can. That alone is enough to ensure GIF will be around for a long, long time.
I'm still hoping for the rise of tag based "gifs". Better compression, sound as an option. Vine provides a decent attempt at this.
Lack of sound may, in some circles, be considered a feature.
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#28And it's "Amerigo," according to Vespucci.
When he wrote in Latin, it was "Americus Vespucius". Martin Waldseemüller decided to name the continents after him on his 1507 map, using the feminized Latin version: "the Land of Americus, or America: since both Europa and Asia got their names from women" (thus, America holds the name it was given.) Amerigo was apparently never made aware that a continent had been named for him.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Waldseem%C3%BCller , and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_of_America#Etymology_and...
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#29I personally don't care which pronunciation you use. As long you understand it's 'gib', not 'jib' when you blow somebody into pieces. /me ducks
Same problem as GIF.
Gib, short for giblet, the innards of a bird, can be (and is) pronounced both ways — "j"iblet and "g"iblet. Where I'm from, it's always been "j"iblet, but I wouldn't mind if someone pronounced it differently.