JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
Are you one of those people who pronounce GIF like Jiff? I'm talking about the .gif label for pics and whatever.
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Annoying Words & Phrases
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Are you one of those people who pronounce GIF like Jiff? I'm talking about the .gif label for pics and whatever.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
That was one of the words on the list. A depressing number of people say JIFF.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
The "G" in gif stands for "graphics". I don't give a flying fuck about a rumor that the creator pronounced it like a "J".
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
When a phrase becomes an acronym like gif, the rules for pronunciation disappear. It doesn't matter what the g stood for. It is now gif and JIFF is easier off the tongue so it wins.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
I refuse to get into this sherbet fight. Your're wrong channel. But it's fine.
I have another one I only learned after meeting Pam.
You all know the Appalachian trail, right? It's from Georgia to Maine and hippies hike it and stuff.
Well the way you're saying it in your head right now is wrong. Pam is from Virginia and Tennessee which is Appalachia and the way you pronounce it is like this.
I have another one I only learned after meeting Pam.
You all know the Appalachian trail, right? It's from Georgia to Maine and hippies hike it and stuff.
Well the way you're saying it in your head right now is wrong. Pam is from Virginia and Tennessee which is Appalachia and the way you pronounce it is like this.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
I'm being serious here. I'm not trying to joke.
How do you figure that jif is easier off the tongue than gif?
To say gif, you don't have to move your tongue at all. To pronounce the j. In jif you actually have to move your tongue a little bit so it's technically harder off the tongue right? Or am I missing something?
Edit: Oh now that I think about it, do you mean that jiff sounds more romantic? Not like technically easier off the tongue but to the ear it sounds easier off the tongue.
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scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
I'm with you up to this point. I see an acronym that starts with a "G", so I'm going to pronounce it with a "G" sound. Why would I use a "J" sound?
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
Not to fight against my own point of view because it is gif.... But I believe I've heard the dude who actually created it pronounces it jif.
Also talking about acronyms like this makes me think of Norm and makes me a little bit sad that he's dead because he was maybe the greatest comedian of all time.
His bit about identification abbreviated as ID:
Also talking about acronyms like this makes me think of Norm and makes me a little bit sad that he's dead because he was maybe the greatest comedian of all time.
His bit about identification abbreviated as ID:
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
In answer to you both, a G is a hard consonant. A J is a soft one. Easier to say and it sounds very close to what a G would sound like if it was soft.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
Just because it's a hard sound doesn't mean it's easier to say. I stand by my previous point saying jiff takes more effort with your mouth than saying gif.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
Is that what this world has come to? We can't pronounce hard consonants?
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
It's not that we can't. It's just easier not to if there is a choice.
And I am just speculating why JIFF is more popular than GIF. I say it because that is what I hear more. But it also is easier to say which is likely why.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
You must be trolling now. This and the sherbet. No one in the world says UFO as a word. Everyone says the 3 letters.
Also the new UAP for unidentified areal phenomena is annoying. There is no need to change UFO.
Channel98
Don't yell or hit.
JHDK, I have heard several people, including two local radio talk-show hosts, pronounce UFO as a word. I agree with you about UAP. I don't like the acronym. It sounds like the name of a movie studio or a labor union.
This is from the Copilot chatbot on Microsoft Edge: "The pronunciation of 'UFO' can vary slightly, but generally it's spoken with a 'you-eff-oh' sound. In British English, it's sometimes also pronounced 'you-foh.' The term 'UFO' is an abbreviation for 'unidentified flying object,' referring to objects seen in the sky that cannot be immediately identified."
This is from the Copilot chatbot on Microsoft Edge: "The pronunciation of 'UFO' can vary slightly, but generally it's spoken with a 'you-eff-oh' sound. In British English, it's sometimes also pronounced 'you-foh.' The term 'UFO' is an abbreviation for 'unidentified flying object,' referring to objects seen in the sky that cannot be immediately identified."
HecticArt
Administrator
Exactly.
He invented it, he gets to name it.
He says jif, that’s what it is.
If you tell people that your name is Koop, and they pronounce it Cop, you are legally entitled to smack them if they say it again after you correct them.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
I've never heard anyone say "YOO-foh"; and in my 40 years as an engineer, I haven't come across anyone who says "JIFF". It's graphical, it starts with a G, so everyone says GIFF.
If it wasn't for the internet, nobody would know this. It's not like he's a public figure.
sadchild
Dude
Whew! A lot to cover here
BERT??
Billy Ocean and I say care-ah-BEE-un
AHHNT
So you can say it eether way or iither way....
VAYS, never VAHZ (unless you have a stick up your ass)
This one gets my son going. Sometimes I do it on purpose.
I first heard it as JIFF and it stuck. Old dog here. No new tricks accepted.
I've never heard YOO EFF OH pronounced as YOO-foh. If someone said YOO-foh in front of me, I'd have no idea what they were talking about.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
I would think it was slang for "Are you for real?".