i'm sorry, but gif is just not pronounced jiff

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Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

^^^^^^

Breadallelogram posted:

the g in gif stands for graphics so I agree with OP

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Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

Machai posted:

my G is p hard right now

I'm jay

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 00:13

Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

Dexters Secret posted:

both pronounciations are right so long as they are both commonly used, that is how english language works

it is an evolving language full of inconsistencies

Next you'll be telling me it's ok to say could of and would of.

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Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

Guy Fleegman posted:

i'm jay

I said that like ten posts up dude

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 00:26

Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

Microwave's mom can stir my jiff any day :laugh:

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Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

Stink Billyums posted:

it's pronounced lye-nucks

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Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

itsgotmetoo posted:

I thought it was pronounced "dot gee eye eff."

Ah..the great SQL debate. Most people say "ess queue el", but who got time for that. I say "sequel".

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 04:01

Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

I guess I know a bunch of retards. They all spell it out. I say "sequel" too.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 04:51

Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

I already know the answer because we had that discussion too. Most pronounce it jiff. I was one of the few hard g-ers.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 13:43

Unity Gain: Sep 15, 2007; dancing blue

These were not clever men. It was a bunch of Accenture bozos with whom I collaborated as a contractor. Over lunch one day we covered a whole bunch of acronyms. Almost all of them spelled everything out. Some, like me, pronounced things that were pronounceable (ORM rhymed with dorm, JPG was jay-peg, etc.) and spelled out the rest (PNG was pee en gee, etc.)

A bunch of them got seriously riled up and actually walked away from the convo in genuine huffy anger. The rift was irreparable, and it was an uncomfortable project to work on from then on in. Thankfully it was a short-term gig. All was made worse by the fact that these idiots were only mediocre programmers, and were wrapped way too tight and represented everything horrible about big name consulting firms like Accenture, IBM, Oracle, etc.

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