How do you pronounce GIF?

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How do you pronounce "GIF" when saying it out loud?

"JIFF" (I am smart and attractive, and will succeed in life in all that I do)
4
44%
"GHIFF" (I am a sad panda, and clearly need reprogramming)
2
22%
Other (I'm a smartass, as I will demonstrate below)
3
33%
 
Total votes: 9

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Eggs Loki
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How do you pronounce GIF?

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How do you say it in everyday conversation before some asshole nerd attempts to correct you?

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It's "Graphic Interchange Format" not "Jraphic Interchange Format" so...
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He isn't the inventor of how acronyms work.
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English is the most convoluted language on Earth. Every rule has 50 exceptions.

Houston, Texas is pronounced "HEWS-TON". Houston St. in NYC is pronounced "HOUSE-TON". Neither side claims the other is wrong.

I've been working with computers since 1982. In all my experience, this push to call it "GHIFF" is a recent phenomenon.

LONAF! The "o" stands for "of" which is a short 'o'. Should we have been calling it LUH-NAFF all these years?

(I can keep typing silly rationalizations all day, lol I AIN'T EVER GONNA SAY GHIFF EVEN IF THE PC POLICE (computers or language) COME AND PUT ME UNDER THE LIGHTS, MYEH!)
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Just like the peanut butter, IMO!
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It probably doesn't really matter that much.[/Dr Dave]
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Skippy.
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Jiffy Lube.
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jif sounds gaaayyyyyyyyy
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Well, to a cock-sucking, ball-licking, ass-pounding, shower-peeking homoqueer like me, that's a good thing!

:sarek: :trolldance:
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I can respect that, just don't impose your shower-peeking homoqueerness on me, you big fat gay.
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I would never! Although I only let people join here if they have a purty mouth.
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Bickendan wrote:Jiffy Lube.
You should use that line on WoW.
"I want to shower you in sugar lumps and take you to the horse dentist."- CaptainWacky

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