GIF -- soft or hard G?

[antiemptyv]

I have always pronounced the image format GIF with a soft G (like Jif peanut butter), which happens to be correct according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gif#Pronunciation), but I have heard so many people pronounce it with a hard G.

Just curious, how do you say it?

[metalpancake]

I say it with a hard g. I think it rolls off your tongue easier that way anyway:)

[Lostincyberspace]

I say it like the peanut butter jif. gif sounds like my brother trying to sayr gift.

[DoktorSeven]

Jif.


Many people pronounce GIF with a hard "G", IPA: /ˈɡɪf/, reflecting the way it is pronounced in its own acronym (Graphics Interchange Format) [2]. However, the creators of the format pronounced GIF with a soft "g", /ˈdʒɪf/, as in "George". According to the creator of the GIF format, Steve Wilhite, the pronunciation deliberately echoes that of an American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing this brand's television commercials.

[FuturePilot]

I always say jif.

[lisati]

I spell it.... g. i. f.

[p_quarles]

I say it with a hard g.

I also pronounce both "tomato" and "potato" with a short "a," use Vi, and prefer KDE. Shall we call the whole thing off? ;)

[Kingsley]

I've been wrong for so many years. :(

[ntowakbh]

I spell it.

Gee eye eff. :lolflag:

[toupeiro]

poe-tay-toe / poe-tah-toe....

[Lostincyberspace]

poe-tay-toe / poe-tah-toe....
pizza

[DUDE_2000]

is it not spelled with a G?

gif

[sloggerkhan]

I've always used a hard g, and probably always will.

Otherwise, would god be jod?
And get be jit?
And gob be job?

*shrugs*

[metalpancake]

pizza
????

[Lostincyberspace]

I've always used a hard g, and probably always will.

Otherwise, would god be jod?
And get be jit?
And gob be job?

*shrugs*
No, its English and English has 2 possible pronunciations a soft and a hard sound.

[DUDE_2000]

no, it should be peonounced "if"
the g is silent.

[sloggerkhan]

No, its English and English has 2 possible pronunciations a soft and a hard sound.

Yeah, gem being a key example.

Still, I almost always prefer hard sounds to others.

Grand gif warriors garroted the soft and succulent jpeg surfs.
Fate dictates such:
Weak formats, lacking hardness of vowel perish shall.
And the proud and determined gif legions of God go towards their destiny swathed in crimson blood of tortured and conquered foe.
Such it was during the gif inquisition. And those who dared to make true gifs alike to peanut butter were surely tortured.

Fortunately, pluralistic society has ended the horrors of that sad age.

[bufsabre666]

i always said hard g, i even correct people using soft cause if it was soft it would be jif

[suupaabaka]

I look at it this way: GIF is an acronym for "Graphics Interchange Format", and since "graphics" is pronounced with a hard g, I pronounce GIF with a hard g.

[BOBSONATOR]

i say G I F spelled out

[LaRoza]

I look at it this way: GIF is an acronym for "Graphics Interchange Format", and since "graphics" is pronounced with a hard g, I pronounce GIF with a hard g.

How would you pronounce "char"?

It is a data type for several programming languages, and a type for databases.

Some say "ch - ar", some say "sh-ar", but I only know one person whos says "k-ar", because it is short for "character".

[suupaabaka]

How would you pronounce "char"?

It is a data type for several programming languages, and a type for databases.

Some say "ch - ar", some say "sh-ar", but I only know one person whos says "k-ar", because it is short for "character".

I'm not sure about the data type in programming languages (I'm not a programmer) but "GIF" is an acronym, with the G being derived from "graphical". "char" from character is an abbreviation. They're two different things. I'm not sure there's an abbreviation for "graphical".

[bufsabre666]

How would you pronounce "char"?

It is a data type for several programming languages, and a type for databases.

Some say "ch - ar", some say "sh-ar", but I only know one person whos says "k-ar", because it is short for "character".

well i say gif not jif

but i always say ch-ar because of my pokemon addiction growing up

[DUDE_2000]

How would you pronounce "char"?

It is a data type for several programming languages, and a type for databases.

Some say "ch - ar", some say "sh-ar", but I only know one person whos says "k-ar", because it is short for "character".

I say kar. another thing that char could be is charisma, but that is usually shortened to cha.

[Nekiruhs]

I say jif because that is the way the creators say it. They cant be wrong, they named it. I also say char as kar.

[Lostincyberspace]

I say char as char as in charcoal. which is how it is officially pronounced.

[LaRoza]

I say char as char as in charcoal. which is how it is officially pronounced.

That is also how I say it.

I say "jif" also. I really don't care what is correct, and don't make the assumption that I am.

[days_of_ruin]

Jif. Its how its supposed to be said.

[p_quarles]

What I'd like to know is how people say "C#" I used to say "c pound," but then learned that it was supposed (maybe?) to be "c sharp."

[Lostincyberspace]

Sharp as in the musical term to raise up i step.

[Nekiruhs]

What I'd like to know is how people say "C#" I used to say "c pound," but then learned that it was supposed (maybe?) to be "c sharp."
See sharp. I'm in my school band so I saw the # as a sharp and C# is a step above C so it made sense.

[LaRoza]

See sharp. I'm in my school band so I saw the # as a sharp and C# is a step above C so it made sense.

Actually, it is the "pound" sign, rather than the sharp sign, however it is pronounced "C Sharp"

[Bllasae]

It's a hard G. Like "Golf" or "Gold".

[Lostincyberspace]

They're the same sign just the sharp is normally italicized.

[LaRoza]

They're the same sign just the sharp is normally italicized.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp#Language_name

They are different unicode characters, therefore, different characters.

[Bllasae]

Lol, we're talking about sharp music and stuff now?

[LaRoza]

Lol, we're talking about sharp music and stuff now?

Did you not follow the thread? We are discussing the programming language C#.

[D-EJ915]

gif as in jif =3

[Bllasae]

Did you not follow the thread? We are discussing the programming language C#.
Not really, but around my post, people were talking about C sharp and stuff, and not to mention that the title of the thread is named "GIF-Soft or Hard G?"

[cwej]

Hard G...and by the way, just where is the "any" key?

[macogw]

is it not spelled with a G?

gif
same

[NovaAesa]

Its pronounced hard because I said so :P

[D-EJ915]

well for those who didn't get my reference

Many people pronounce GIF with a hard "G", IPA: /ˈɡɪf/, reflecting the way it is pronounced in its own acronym (Graphics Interchange Format) [2]. However, the creators of the format pronounced GIF with a soft "g", /ˈdʒɪf/, as in "George". According to the creator of the GIF format, Steve Wilhite, the pronunciation deliberately echoes that of an American peanut butter brand, Jif, and the employees of CompuServe would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF"

[forrestcupp]

well for those who didn't get my reference

Wow. Back in the Commodore days when gifs first came out, I pronounced it jiff. But then when I found out it stood for Graphics Interchange Format, I started pronouncing it with a hard G. I guess I was right in the beginning.

btw, I did see your first reference.

[klange]

I pronounce it how the creator's intended it to be pronounced - jiff.
Ping is better though...

[rune0077]

Creators are usually the first ones to get their products completly wrong, so it's almost certainly giff:)

[Spr0k3t]

I pronounce it in the mythos of peanut butter.