JIF is already taken by JPEG[0], so GIF, with a hard G.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_Interchange_Format#JPEG_fi...
Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
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Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#32There 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 fac…
I mean, I can only speak from personal experience, but I always call gif, jif, and it has nothing to do with whether its correct pronunciation or not. I just read it like that and could care less about the facts
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#33There 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 fac…
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Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#34I've pronounced it like JIF since the mid-90's when I first learned of GIFs. I've had to send many people here to prove I wasn't crazy: http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/
Thank you. I had no idea that PNG was supposed to be pronounced "Ping" (I always say Pee Enn Gee)
QT should be pronounced "cute", but I say "queue-tee".
Linux is pronounced with a short i, but most americans say "lie-nux". As a german I say "Lee-nux".
Xing is allegedly pronounced "crossing", but I say "ksing".
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#35Jif FTW
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#36Well, if this is pronoucned "jif" then that means it's also "rejex". And what kind of world is that.
I say "giff" and "rej-ex". Do I lose Internet points?
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#37How about: "gitt" vs. "jit"
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you. I had no idea that PNG was supposed to be pronounced "Ping" (I always say Pee Enn Gee)
QT should be pronounced "cute", but I say "queue-tee". Linux is pronounced with a short i, but most americans say "lie-nux". As a german I say "Lee-nux". Xing is allegedly pronounced "crossing", but I say "ksing".
Also surprised at the number of people who call nginx "en jinx" instead of "engine x"
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#39In 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.
I'm French and I never heard someone pronouncing it "JIF".
Re: Poll: "Giff" or "Jif"?
#40There 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 fac…
Both are from a linguistic perspective obviously correct since 'native' speakers use both pronunciations.
Linguistics isn't prescriptive in that way, you cannot use it to say that a minority is pronouncing something wrong.