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View Poll Results: How do you pronounce GIF?
With a J [like 'damn I'm feeling JIPPER'] 45 21.95%
With a hard G [like 'omg you can fxck my bitch based GOD'] 160 78.05%
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Old Yesterday, 04:38 PM   #1
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Pronouncing 'GIF'
There's a big controversy about this atm since it's gonna be a part of the new XBox's voice activation stuff, so everyone's trying to figure out how to say it. The inventor of the GIF says it's with a J, but Obama's chief of Technology says it's with a hard G. So how do you say it?
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Old Yesterday, 04:39 PM   #2
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G.

J sounds so stupid.

Anyone below me who says J is a tard.
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Hard G but I'm probably doing it wrong brah.
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Old Yesterday, 04:39 PM   #4
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i pronounce each individual letter to avoid controversy
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Old Yesterday, 04:39 PM   #5
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I've never said it out loud before. probably go with J though cuz it's easier for me to say than G
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Old Yesterday, 04:40 PM   #6
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I've always said it with a G sound. But I type it way more than I say it, so it hardly matters.
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Old Yesterday, 04:40 PM   #7
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its pronounced like jif, liky jiggly puff

j+if
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Old Yesterday, 04:41 PM   #8
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It's jif. The inventor says it's jif. It sounds better pronounced as jif. Obama doesn't know anything.
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**** that nerd programmer.
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Hard G. What does the inventor of it know?
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Old Yesterday, 04:43 PM   #11
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I may have said it twice in my life but both times have been with a hard G. Like 'gift' minus the T.
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I say it with a hard G, but if the inventor says jif, I guess that's how it should be, even though it's forcing me to question everything in my life now.
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Old Yesterday, 04:44 PM   #13
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Edit: Saying jif in Britain is just stupid because it's also the name of a brand of lemon juice.
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Jif. It's not even up for debate.
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Old Yesterday, 04:46 PM   #15
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Jif. It's not even up for debate.




Well, if he spelled it .JIF in the first place, we wouldn't have this problem.
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Dude i like rap and stuff. Im a furry and I also have a wolf plush with a hole that i use at times.


Only at times, though.
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The creators were wrong. If it were pronounced "jif" then why is gift with a hard G? And "Jif" is already a thing.
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Old Yesterday, 04:48 PM   #17
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hard g yo
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Old Yesterday, 04:48 PM   #18
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the Creator of GIF calls it JIF so I dont feel lame about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/...-gif/index.html
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Old Yesterday, 04:50 PM   #19
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Choosy UGers choose Jif.

I also choose Jif.
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jif just sounds like y'r saying the peanut butter brand
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