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Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


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

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Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


Dexters Secret posted:

the gist of this this thread is that it's full of gibberish from retards who don't know about soft g's in the english language

graphics

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


Dexters Secret posted:

both of them are words in the english dictionary that are used in everyday speech and the english language has loving always been a smattering of practically every single european language

again, graphics

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


Dexters Secret posted:

uh ok? hard g's exist too, good job?

the g in gif stands for graphics

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


Dexters Secret posted:

i live in the midwest and it is usually pronounced 'jif' here.

I live in the midwest too and we don't talk about gifs that often

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


hemophilia posted:

soft g is grammatically correct. Sorry weirdos who use hard g, you're grammer is all hosed up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_G

where does that say gif is pronounced jiff?

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


Graphics Interchange Format

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


graphics

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


proof of concept posted:

my favorite part of the losers who have meltdowns over this poo poo is their insistence that there is no such thing as a soft g ever, anywhere

there are a lot of words with soft Gs, such as not graphics

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


proof of concept posted:

lol you loving crybaby

i'm really shaken up about it

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


proof of concept posted:

enough to get into an argument that requires you to ignore soft g's and other mismatched acronym/component word pronunciations

graphics interchange format

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


thanks I didn't want to have to type it again

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


gift or jift

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Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


Flagrant Abuse posted:

i agree with the op, all acronyms must strictly and perfectly conform to their constituent words' pronunciations. that's why i only pronounce laser as læ•siːr, radar as reɪ•dær, scuba as skʌ•bæ, nato as næ•to, and unicef as juː•nɪ•tʃif.

way to repeat arguments from a month ago

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