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This is important because my brother is a dummy.
The “g” stands for “graphic.” Unless you dummies pronounce it “jraphic”, this is pretty easy.
I'll go with what the inventor calls it. Thanks for playing.Not clicking it. Either it confirms what I already know to be true, or it’s wrong and stupid.
:reported:Hey, you guys who have this totally backwards — do you say the other one like “ghaypeg” ?
I pronounce it gaypejHey, you guys who have this totally backwards — do you say the other one like “ghaypeg” ?
This is not smart reasoning. In Philly, our electric company is called PECO. Do you think it's pronounced PEE-CO or FEE-CO? But Philly is dumb, you say? Have you heard of CERN? The people who made the Large Hadron Collider. The "C" in CERN stands for Conseil. Have you ever heard anyone call it KERN? No. It's pronounced SERN.Otis said:The “g” stands for “graphic.” Unless you dummies pronounce it “jraphic”, this is pretty easy.
How do you pronounce Le-a?This is not smart reasoning. In Philly, our electric company is called PECO. Do you think it's pronounced PEE-CO or FEE-CO? But Philly is dumb, you say? Have you heard of CERN? The people who made the Large Hadron Collider. The "C" in CERN stands for Conseil. Have you ever heard anyone call it KERN? No. It's pronounced SERN.
The guy who invented the word has said it's pronounced JIF. If you disagree with him, that's the dumbest thing on the face of the planet. The fact that people think they can argue against the guy who invented the word is mind bottling. It really proves how ignorant our species is.
No. The acronyms in your first paragraph are pronounced the way they are because they form a quasi word and people are lazy. Would you expect people to say P-E-C-O like they would F-B-I? PECO has become part of the local vernacular.This is not smart reasoning. In Philly, our electric company is called PECO. Do you think it's pronounced PEE-CO or FEE-CO? But Philly is dumb, you say? Have you heard of CERN? The people who made the Large Hadron Collider. The "C" in CERN stands for Conseil. Have you ever heard anyone call it KERN? No. It's pronounced SERN.
The guy who invented the word has said it's pronounced JIF. If you disagree with him, that's the dumbest thing on the face of the planet. The fact that people think they can argue against the guy who invented the word is mind bottling. It really proves how ignorant our species is.
I pronounce it er-bees.People that say it differently than the inventor's intention are as dumb as those that think you don't write RBIs (adding the "s") because "runs" is already plural.
rib-eesI pronounce it er-bees.People that say it differently than the inventor's intention are as dumb as those that think you don't write RBIs (adding the "s") because "runs" is already plural.
Like this guy?rockaction said:I've always pronounced it like Everlast from House Of Pain did in Jump Around, though I'm not sure why I'm posting this.
You do know that other words that start with G sound like "jif", right? You have heard of a giraffe, right? Again, your argument makes no sense other than you pronounced it wrong to start with and now you're trying to make a case as to why you were never wrong. Even if that means you are arguing against the guy who created the word. Does that not sound odd to you?No. The acronyms in your first paragraph are pronounced the way they are because they form a quasi word and people are lazy. Would you expect people to say P-E-C-O like they would F-B-I? PECO has become part of the local vernacular.
When you first saw the .gif extension, how did you pronounce it? gif or G-I-F or jif? I wonder how the rest of the team that helped develop the format at CompuServe pronounce it?
"Oh lets pronounce the acronym for graphics interchange format jif, like the peanut butter." Why not "hif"? I guess our species is just ignorant.
I pronounce it as "GRRRaffe". Because that is how it should be.You do know that other words that start with G sound like "jif", right? You have heard of a giraffe, right? Again, your argument makes no sense other than you pronounced it wrong to start with and now you're trying to make a case as to why you were never wrong. Even if that means you are arguing against the guy who created the word. Does that not sound odd to you?
Bravo, well done! I'm so happy you cleared this up that I'd love to mail you a jift!Old people are "jerry-atric", not "gary-atric".
Plain things are "jen-eric", not "ghen-eric".
You exercise in the "jim" not the "ghim".
And on, and on...
Go on...This is not smart reasoning. In Philly, our electric company is called PECO. Do you think it's pronounced PEE-CO or FEE-CO? But Philly is dumb, you say? Have you heard of CERN? The people who made the Large Hadron Collider. The "C" in CERN stands for Conseil. Have you ever heard anyone call it KERN? No. It's pronounced SERN.
The guy who invented the word has said it's pronounced JIF. If you disagree with him, that's the dumbest thing on the face of the planet. The fact that people think they can argue against the guy who invented the word is mind bottling. It really proves how ignorant our species is.
I just bought a new hard drive with a jigabyte of storage.Bravo, well done! I'm so happy you cleared this up that I'd love to mail you a jift!
Great Scott! You're gonna need 1.21 jigawatts of electricity to run that hard drive!I just bought a new hard drive with a jigabyte of storage.
Or, if he's hungry, he can have three ribeyesA person can have three "are be eyes".
A person can have three "ribbies".
A person CANNOT have three RBI.
Standard schtick on this board. Being able to use that is a French Benefit of being here a long time.Go on...
Yeah. You know when things are so crazy, you get your thoughts trapped, like in a bottle.Go on...
"A ghim? What the hell's a ghim?"Old people are "jerry-atric", not "gary-atric".
Plain things are "jen-eric", not "ghen-eric".
You exercise in the "jim" not the "ghim".
And on, and on...
That's kinda where I am. I've always heard it pronounced "gif" and hence that is how I've pronounced it. Even though I know that is wrong now--I'm not sure if I'll go out of my way to pronounce it differently. Speech is about communicating in a way where others understand you--and even the poll in here supports that most people understand it to be "gif"--even if that is technically wrong.Have never anyone say jif until this thread.
pronounce "graphics".You do know that other words that start with G sound like "jif", right? You have heard of a giraffe, right? Again, your argument makes no sense other than you pronounced it wrong to start with and now you're trying to make a case as to why you were never wrong. Even if that means you are arguing against the guy who created the word. Does that not sound odd to you?
What does that have to do with anything? I've already given you other examples where an acronym's letters don't follow the pronunciation of the words it represents.pronounce "graphics".
Came in to say this. I pronounce it with the same G I use for "graphics".Otis said:The “g” stands for “graphic.” Unless you dummies pronounce it “jraphic”, this is pretty easy.
While the originator determines how a word is pronounced initially, the way the masses pronounce it is the way it's pronounced. These things have always changed over time.The guy who invented the word has said it's pronounced JIF. If you disagree with him, that's the dumbest thing on the face of the planet. The fact that people think they can argue against the guy who invented the word is mind bottling. It really proves how ignorant our species is.
"Runs batted ins"?People that say it differently than the inventor's intention are as dumb as those that think you don't write RBIs (adding the "s") because "runs" is already plural.