Urinal? Peanut Butter?

[Spr0k3t]

Okay, this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. One of my colleagues insists on calling a Unix Reference Link a "YERL" (almost sounds like urinal if you ask me). This same person also insists on using peanut butter as a graphics format (GIF) aka "Jiff". So here's my pole... Check which one you pronounce.

[fuscia]

Okay, this is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. One of my colleagues insists on calling a Unix Reference Link a "YERL" (almost sounds like urinal if you ask me). This same person also insists on using peanut butter as a graphics format (GIF) aka "Jiff". So here's my pole... Check which one you pronounce.

your 'pole'??? i call .png's 'pings'.

[Spr0k3t]

Well damn, screwed that up... needs to be multiple choice not single choice...

[Spr0k3t]

your 'pole'??? i call .png's 'pings'.

Yeah, I'm a bit schwag like that. And "pings" are pronounced just that according to the open document and white pages.

[compiledkernel]

Slightly OT but,

This is as self annoying to me as people that say

ATM Machine
NIC Card
Queso Cheese

[fuscia]

And "pings" are pronounced just that according to the open document and white pages.

how'd i manage that, i wonder?

[maniacmusician]

U - R - L

"Jiff"

P - N - G

[WindowWasher]

U - R - L

"Jiff"

P - N - G

Same except gif as in gift without the t. I've heard it pronounced jiff by some techie people and thought I was saying it wrong but old habits die hard. I also say gnome like nome. Can't seem to say that hard G. And a gnu (new) is an animal. I think the next Ubuntu should be gnarly gnu

EDIT - oh, and people who write then when they mean than and vice versa really annoy me.

[futz]

U - R - L

"Jiff"

P - N - G
Yes, yes and yes. 100% correct.

[yabbadabbadont]

U - R - L

"Jiff"

P - N - G

++

[Catsworth]

URL (Each letter individualy, it is an abbreviation after all.....)

GIF (Hard 'G' as in Girl, IF as in 'if')

PNG (As per URL)

[bonzodog]

First off - a URL is a Uniform Resource Locator. I pronounce it, U_R_L.

A .gif file is pronounced Gif with a hard 'G'

A .png is precisely that - P_N_G.

[yabbadabbadont]

First off - a URL is a Uniform Resource Locator. I pronounce it, U_R_L.

A .gif file is pronounced Gif with a hard 'G'

A .png is precisely that - P_N_G.

Says you. :p :lol:

[RAV TUX]

avatar

I always call it a-va-tar

but am constantly corrected by Mackenzie that it is pronounced Av-a-tar

she appears to be right:


av·a·tar http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pnghttp://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif (https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2 Favatar) /ˈævhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngəˌtɑr, ˌævhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngəˈtɑr/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[av-uh-tahr, av-uh-tahr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2.an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.
3.Computers. a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet.

[Origin: 1775–85; < Skt avatāra a passing down, equiv. to ava down + -tāra a passing over]http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pnghttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/avatar

Now that I know the historical use of the word, avatar....that is a pretty cool word, but prefer my pronunciation.

[BWF89]

URL = U-R-L

GIF = As in gift

PNG = P-N-G

[DoorGunner]

I think it should be pronounced


ewe-are-el

for our scotish friends.....

:oops: cant believe i just typed that......

[manmower]

The poll options make no sense, you can only choose one.

I pronounce URL as the three letters too, .gif as in gift and .png as three separate letters (although in my mind I think of them as PiNGs, but I don't say that out loud).

[Jonne]

according to the almighty hive mind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF#Pronunciation), it's actually supposed to be pronounced as Jif, even though everyone I know says gif. I've never even heard the jif variant.

As for url: it's an acronym, so it's obvious to just say the 3 letters instead of trying to read it as a word.

Another common question is this one: SQL or SeQueL ?

[troymcdavis]

You - are - el

Gee - eye - eff

Em - eye - dee - eye

Gee - you - eye (not gooey like your jiff)

My general rule is spell acronyms when possible; anything else just sounds unsophisticated to my ears. However, I do say NASA.

[qamelian]

Yes, yes and yes. 100% correct.
Never, never, never "jiff". It stands for Graphics Interchange Format, not Giraffe Interchange Format. (Hmmm. What would be the correct way to encode a giraffe?)

[Lord Illidan]

Um..I use jiff!!

otherwise, URL and P-N-G.

[RAV TUX]

hear is one I heard over a local UUG(Ubuntu Users Group) meet up between Luigi(Brunellus (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=9506)) and Mackenzie(macogw (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=137631)) at the Davenport Lounge at American University here in DC.

fsck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck)

Definition: FSCK: "file system consistency check"

Pronounced by Luigi(Brunellus (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=9506))---"F"-suck

Pronounced by Mackenzie(macogw (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=137631))----"F"-"S"-"C"-"K"

I believe we all agreed that night that "F"-suck is the proper pronunciation for fsck:) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck)

Mackenzie was actually fsck-ing at the Davenport Lounge that night....in front of Luigi and myself.

[BeachBum]

I've heard .avi pronounced as "a vee" (short a as in apple), like gravity.

And I've heard ext3 said as "extent-three" instead of e-x-t-3

I usually spell out most acronyms unless it makes an actual word, like peg in jpeg or mpeg.

[FuturePilot]

U - R - L

"Jiff"

P - N - G
Same here

[~LoKe]

hear is one I heard over a local UUG(Ubuntu Users Group) meet up between Luigi(Brunellus (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=9506)) and Mackenzie(macogw (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=137631)) at the Davenport Lounge at American University here in DC.

fsck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck)

Definition: FSCK: "file system consistency check"

Pronounced by Luigi(Brunellus (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=9506))---"F"-suck

Pronounced by Mackenzie(macogw (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=137631))----"F"-"S"-"C"-"K"

I believe we all agreed that night that "F"-suck is the proper pronunciation for fsck:) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck)

Mackenzie was actually fsck-ing at the Davenport Lounge that night....in front of Luigi and myself.
I'd be quicker to say "Fisk".

[Docter]

SCSI is my favourite pooter word.

scuzzy, scuzzy, scuzzy

[slimdog360]

I went U R L and I would have went Gif (as in gift) had I been able to.

[dbbolton]

ex EK yeh teh bel (.exe))

luckily i don't encounter those so often these days.

[eriqk]

URL - You Are El.
.gif - gif (as in gift)
.jpg/.jpeg - jay peg
.png - ping
fsck - f suck
SCSI - scuzzy
bash - /me grabs hammer

Groet, Erik

[GStubbs43]

You-Are-El (URL)
Jif (gif)
Jay-Peg (jpg and jpeg)
Pee-En-Gee (png)
A-Vee-Eye (avi)
Gee-You_Eye (GUI)
Mih-Dee (.midi and .mid)
Guh-New (GNU)
Guh-Nome (GNOME)
Lih-Nix (Linux)

[maniacmusician]

URL - You Are El.
.gif - gif (as in gift)
.jpg/.jpeg - jay peg
.png - ping
fsck - f suck
SCSI - scuzzy
bash - /me grabs hammer

Groet, Erik
What does Groet mean?

[Iarwain ben-adar]

Groet = Greeting

Something like that


Iarwain

[Mykewl]

U R L
gif as in gift
p n g

[RAV TUX]

I'd be quicker to say "Fisk".not F-suck?....odd I thought burnellus had it right