Yes I pronounce "gif" like "jif"...

do slang words really have standardized spelling? I've always read "git" with a soft g and I've never heard anybody vocalize it.

I’m going to gag your mom and send my goo right into her gut, you dumb goy.

this desu

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>jit
Why do ESLs pretend they are experts on English?
It’s literally in the dictionary.

english pronunciation has no rules that aren't broken at least a few hundred times in the dictionary

>goo
wow I didn't know that o was a consanant faggot
>gag
simplified version of the modern english word "gagge". Etymology matters. Same story for "gut".

I thought the language/tech divide was just a meme but you guys are idiots.

>gif
>jif
>not yif

JIF is fucking PEANUT BUTTER
A fish has gills, with a hard g
You give a gift, hard g
You send a gif, same thing

>anglos arguing anglo pronunciation
it's time to stop

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Games is a g constant vowel. So is germ.

The point is the argument is built on quicksand and idiots who say "whomstve" buy into it as more ammo for their facade of intelligence. English has more exceptions than rules.

>arguing with people on the internet

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Wow how is this so fucking hard to understand
"game" is g-vowel-consonant-VOWEL. That is a different case entirely, we're talking about 3 letter words here.

>gill
>g-vowel-consonant-CONSONANT
Doubling the number of consonants after the vowel alters the pronunciation.

>etymology matters
Which is not your original argument

germ

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Yes it is because its literally how we ended up with the rule in the first place. eg. Gin is derived from latin Jenevar (juniper).

the g stands for graphical

Because I am trying to put the minimum amount of effort into this:
Gem, from the Latin Gemma. See how retarded your argument is?
There are more hard g three letter words with g vowel consonant, that is, following your made up rules, than there are not.

according to the smartass ITT that is pronounced "jraphical"

>place where g is pronounced awkwardly is because it was a transcription of a completely different sounding word
You’re not helping your argument, it seems to be nothing but bologna.

Normal GIFs have no purpose since PNGs came around.
Animated GIFs should be replaced by APNG (for typical animated GIF content) and animated WebP.

GIFT

whoooooops

>Etymology matters
The g in gif comes from graphics

N I G G E R S

GIF is an acronym, not a word, friend.

Um its gif as in literally how it looks g i ff gif guh ih ifff guhifff giffff gif

Retards

>886
You almost jot the 888 jet.

>all these retards who don't pronounce it G-I-F (gee eye eff)

I pronounce it Jow Forumsif desu

The objectively only correct or worthwhile answer.

i think he's gone guys, we got him

just like mp3 and jpg

those need beheading

nijjers*

nigerians

jpg still has a purpose, mp3 is only now outdated since many devices can handle OPUS.

As user below you pointed out it is am acronym.

We don't pronounce it "skub bah", we say "skoo bah" for SCUBA gear.
Acronyms are pronounced the way their creators named them. Not by you or Q. Public's stupid opinion.

you talking about me?

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>words are based on what the creator said and not what people actually use
Legitimately mentally challenged

>it becomes a hard g when theres a vowel after the consonant
>it also becomes a hard g when theres a consonant after the consonant
>what are words like gemini and germ
>"3 letter words that go g-vowel-consonant are soft thats all i meant!!!"
>what are words like gab, gap, gas, get, got, gum, gut, god
Face it, english is a retarded language that doesn't even follow its own rules, if what you're saying even IS a rule. You also have to remember that gif is an acronym where the g is GRAPHICAL, so the pronounciation of the acronym should be consistent with that. Either way fuck off retard this thread is cancelled

>pronunciation should be consistent with....
Again, it's "skoo bah" and not "skuh bah"

Acronyms are always inconsistent with regular pronunciation rules.

See this is why the English language is really stupid. If you can't tell how something is pronounced from how it's spelled, the language needs to be re-evaluated

Ok then ignore that and argue the other point or begone retard, you completely glossed over the first part of my comment

no thats what makes it great

>Acronyms are pronounced the way their creators named them. Not by you or Q. Public's stupid opinion.
Maybe in your autistic mind but the real world doesn't work that way. In the real world if a lot of people pronounce a word a certain away it either becomes the normal or a generally accepted alternative way of saying the word and jif isn't how the majority of people pronounce it, so it's the alternative, not the standard pronunciation. You can sperg out all you want over but 99% of people don't care and will keep calling it gif.

>Choosy developers choose gif

Any language where spelling bees are viable are not real languages

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haha what a retard
it's obviously pronounced gee eye eff

i dont care what a random cuck thinks it is a real language

>A/PNG
do any mainstream sites or apps even support apng?
until then gif is going to survive as the "shitty png" to the "good jpg" webm is

it is objectively pronounced correctly with a soft g. in the western world we have a naming convention in which the person who discovers or creates something has the right of naming it. naming something does not only mean you decide how it is spelt, because a name has both a written and spoken form.

the other reason is that hard g proponents are dumb and will come out with post hoc rationalisations, such as:
>the g is GRAPHICAL, so the pronounciation of the acronym should be consistent with that
>Doubling the number of consonants after the vowel alters the pronunciation.
none of which they actually even believe themselves

gif = gif
png = png

how is this so diffiiclurt,. for angoel wlafngwrHPÖTE RYSKUTl
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What is the source of your webm

there is no source

user said he made it

>right of naming it
what about the right to tell other people how to pronounce it

>in the western world we have a naming convention in which the person who discovers or creates something has the right of naming it
No the fuck we don't, retard. The intention of an author/creator means absolutely nothing at the end of the day if the vast majority of people decide something means something else. Post structuralism is a thing and it's fine

I pronounce it ギフ

kek

gi fu

i dunno
I say gif like the word gift, makes sense to me

jif-fags btfo
howtoreallypronouncegif.com/

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why is this webm so shared it is not even the high frame rate version

who the hell wanna watch this shit

Well, all major browsers support it. There's also the neat little aspect that even software that doesn't support APNG will show at least the first frame.

git

>Language doesn't always make sense
You mean English spelling. And you mean never.

a.v.i. ehh vee eye not ahhh vee
M-peg
J-peg

gif like gift

>OP is a fajjot

Git
Gut
Gent
Unless you're implying that it has to be the same consonant, in which case:
Gall

Dude who fucking cares about these "words" and "sounds"

>mutts in charge of english
>jif and aloominom

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Personally I pronounce gif as "only format that should be allowed on Jow Forums(nel) (100kb max, animation is ok)". Be happy I'm not in charge.

this, case closed

I lmao'd when he started slapping the commander. God tier webm user

It's rare to see linguistic shitposts on the imagereddits. This was refreshing. Thank you.

>chad
Just say normalfag

are dvd's the best format for watching movies? no. did dvd's die? no. you can still see them on shelves of any major retailer. if these image sharing sites keep pushing gif, it is not going to die anytime soon. I know imgur is converting to gifv without your knowledge but still

If gif is like gift, then jpeg is like jfeg

Do you say jfeg?

>implying creator wasnt just trying to start flamewars
you've all been trolled for so long