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GIF or GIF? |
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GIF (hard G, as in "gold") | 13 | 48.15% | |
GIF ("j" sound as in "jewel") | 15 | 55.56% | |
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GIF or GIF?
How do you pronounce "GIF"? The way it's spelled/with a hard "G", or the way the creator said to pronounce it, with a "J" sound?
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Just like Geoff is pronounced. I've never heard anyone pronounce it with a hard G before.
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I pronounce "GIF" with a soft G sound (or a J sound). If I pronounce it with a hard G, it sounds like I am saying "gift".
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I've always pronounced it with a hard G. Maybe because pronouncing it the other way reminds me of Jif peanut butter.
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Huh, I never really thought about the correct pronunciation of GIF.
I always say it with a hard G because otherwise it sounds like "Jif", the cleaning product! I'll pay attention to how people pronounce "GIF" the next time I hear it spoken.
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I mentioned this thread to my sibling, who apparently pronounces it with a soft 'G'. Funny how different siblings can be... Last edited by popcorn1234; 07-22-2015 at 02:56 PM. Reason: altjhough? |
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I pronounce GIF with a hard G. I didn't know that there was another way to pronounce it until now.
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I pronounce GIF with a hard G normally, though I sometimes pronounce it by the way it's spelled, G-I-F.
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Neither! I just say it like it's spelled... G-I-F. I guess I'm just
I think I've heard the hard G pronunciation used more often than the soft G one though.
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I tend to use the hard G sound when I'm pronouncing it. Just like other people, don't want to confuse it with my peanut butter.. or apparently cleaning products!
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It should be pronounced with a J as sounding like Jif (like the brand of peanut butter) I also used to pronounce it as G I F saying the letters.
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I pronounce it like, gift, just without the 't'. So, hard?
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I'm glad this argument has not yet torn the forums apart as it has done to many other parts of the internet and my video production class. (when we were making gifs )
I pronounce it like the peanut butter (and apparently, as Onionleaf has pointed out, the cleaning product, which I did not know existed.) |
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That's an interesting question, Alexa!
I pronounce GIF with a soft G, since that was the way my sisters pronounced it when I learned the word. But to my brain, even the spelling of GIF looks like it should be pronounced with a soft G. I guess that's because I'm used to pronouncing G's as J's as that is often the case in French. I've never heard GIF pronounced with a hard G, and I've also never heard of Jif peanut butter before! I'm pretty sure it's not available in my country, but I guess that resolves the GIF/GIF confusion. ~Ruby.
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I have always pronounced GIF with a hard G sound, but I think that the correct pronunciation for it is with a J sound since that's how the creator pronounced it. I've never heard of Jif peanut butter or the cleaning product, but I think I'm going to continue using a hard G to prevent confusion.
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