So lots of us are pronouncing it wrong. Will anyone make an effort to change? I know I won't.
Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
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Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#22choosy websites choose gif.
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#23There are a lot of examples in linguistics where the "correct" pronunciation of a word is not the common pronunciation, and so the common pronunciation becomes the correct one.
I've heard maybe one in every twenty people pronunce it as "jif", and when they do so it's not because it seems like it's the natural pronunciation, it's because they once read it was the correct was to pronounce it and want to hammer that fact home.
So I'm sticking with the hard g version.
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#24Jif? i had no idea people pronounce it like that.
Yeah, the creator has recently come out and has said that that is the correct pronunciation. Link: http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/22/twitter-in-uproar-as-gif-creat...
Alistair Coleman added: ‘[Creator] of the Gif says it’s pronounced “jif”. Why didn’t he say so earlier, the gerk?’
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#25Well, if this is pronoucned "jif" then that means it's also "rejex". And what kind of world is that.
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#26If you have to pronounce it, you're working the Internet wrong...
Meatspace.
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#27In France, G and J have the opposite sound: J sounds like G, and G like J. Makes sense? ;-) As such, everybody pronounces it "JIF" here. And it seems to go in the author's direction, so it's fine.
Is that "JIF" meant to be pronounced in English or French, then? ;)
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#28In Japan, I never met the people pronounce it "Giff". Always we call it「ジフ」"Jif". Some pronounce git as "jit".
Because we pronounce "G" as "Jee".
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#29PNG (;
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#30Well, if this is pronoucned "jif" then that means it's also "rejex". And what kind of world is that.
It means nothing of the sort. World order restored.