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It's gif, not gif!
Smh
One is my name, the other is not.
Gif as in gift. Anything else is nonsense!
Ever seen a geriatric geologist named George at the gym? How about a giant ginger giraffe drunk on gin. What about a genderless genealogist cutting generic gems?
Sure, but JIF is a different file format, so pronouncing it as "jif" just creates overlap.
Also every single one of those G's should be replaced with the letter J; English needs spelling reform.
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Jift?
Jirl?
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It's not Data, the correct pronunciation is Data.
The one on the left is pronounced GIF and the one on the right is pronounced GIF.
Actually, I'm pretty sure you have them flipped
Graphics Interchange Format. Hard G.
I use a hard G but this is a bad argument. I'll just link to this great list of counterexamples:
Do you pronounce origin like the state?
Do you you also say "nay-say" when reading NASA, lol, that logic is flawed.
I'd like to remind everyone that the rules for words amd pronunciation were documented AFTER most words, which is why it's so inconsistent and arbitrary
The acronym for NASA uses the same sounds as the words that make the acronym. Same as GIF so I'm not sure what your point is. Mine is that GIF stands for graphics interchange format and graphics starts with a hard g therefore GIF should start with a hard g.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/aeronautics
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/agency
Then
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/nasa
They are phonetically different sounds altogether, so your argument is flawed.
Edit: Im fucking dumb, it's administration, not agency. Even so, my point still stands, NASA is phonetically different than the sound in aeronautics.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/administration?q=administration
It's the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Oof, I fucked that one up
Well Aeronautics is a hard A, so you got that going for you least :)
Should be naysah.
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Always pronounce it "GIF."
Never "JIF."
Only Lore does that.
ITS GIF, FIGHT ME
Uhm achtckyally it's GIF
Way to start another flame war Xusontha! Or is it Zusontha?
I'll never tell
...It's secretly a Greek letter chi, isn't it?
Data definitely says the hard g. His interests are in being more human. Not pedantically arguing about the way the creator says things in an attempt to upend the majority. The latter is definitely Lore's jam, though
Be more like Data.
It all depends if you pronounce it
Graphics interchange format
Or
Jraphics interchange format
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What the hell is a gigawatt?
Pronounced "jijawatt":
It's Jrrrreat!
Lore: It's pronounced GIF... because of the implication.
I pronounce it like gin but I don't really care how someone else pronounces it.
I don't care as long as you don't say Jetpack to JPG like my old collegue used to say.
Whut
That's an actual crime
Do you pronounce origin like the state?
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