this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Gif as in gift. Anything else is nonsense!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The girl's gig to give the gift of gifs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gilded gibbons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also also, GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format, and that's definitely a G sound.

By the way, the format can't die soon enough. PNG and video formats are more compact and better quality too. Time to bury this zombie.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Combinations of letters before and after change the pronunciation of certain parts of a word. None of your words have "gif" pronounced a "jif". If you have one, tell me. I'm seriously curious if there is a word. As of now the only reference I have is "gift" with a hard g.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)