Is is "G"IF ir "J"IF... you be the Judge
Seems like this is an ancient hot debate
Monday, January 9, 2006 by Sembetu | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Reply #22 Monday, January 9, 2006 7:12 PM
Reply #23 Monday, January 9, 2006 7:19 PM
| "Graphics Interchange Format" |
Dead on. Although at one time I seem to remember it as "Compuserve Graphic Interchange Format"
Reply #24 Monday, January 9, 2006 7:21 PM
| Dead on. Although at one time I seem to remember it as "Compuserve Graphic Interchange Format" |
That's how it reads on my 'puter, too. ...So it's a CGIF, pronounced KGiff
Reply #25 Monday, January 9, 2006 7:39 PM
(Compuserve Information Manager)definetly the king of late 80's BBS services. I kept my account right up to the day AOL bought them out. For you youngsters....I used to pay $22.50 US per hour for 300 baud access. Unbelieveable the way things have developed.
Reply #26 Monday, January 9, 2006 9:19 PM
Reply #27 Monday, January 9, 2006 9:39 PM
'GIF' is a proprietary format...so it's up to Compuserve to determine how its format is pronounced....
Since it's initials....GEE EYE EFF, 'normal' pronunciation would have the 'GEE' retained and the rest as 'IF'....and since 2 syllables [GEE IFF] is one too many....people are lazy it'd be shortened to 'Gif', pronounced with the same 'g' as in 'giraffe'...the 'gi' in 'gif' is the same then as the 'gi' in 'giraffe'.
Either way....as long as 'what it is' is communicated without confusion....who REALLY cares?....
Reply #29 Monday, January 9, 2006 10:29 PM
| Since it's initials....GEE EYE EFF, 'normal' pronunciation would have the 'GEE' retained and the rest as 'IF'....and since 2 syllables [GEE IFF] is one too many....people are lazy it'd be shortened to 'Gif', pronounced with the same 'g' as in 'giraffe'...the 'gi' in 'gif' is the same then as the 'gi' in 'giraffe'. |
...how many Coopers do you have to down to spank the Queen Mum's english that hard...??
Reply #30 Monday, January 9, 2006 10:33 PM
Reply #31 Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:37 AM
JIF is a brand of cleaner where i live so i guess it doesn't cope with anims formats... Reply #32 Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:41 PM
Reply #33 Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:29 PM
| how many times do you actually use "gif" (either pronunciation) in a spoken conversation anyway? |
If you're into computer graphics/skinning/GUI customising .... probably a few times... though it's an old format these days...
Reply #34 Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:08 PM
Reply #35 Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:02 AM
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Reply #38 Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:40 AM
exe is Ecksy. That little hidden file that plagues me on multiboot systems in the root is Nt Elder.
I prefer the Graphic Interchange Format argument best.
Reply #39 Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:45 AM
From that well known font of knowledge wikipedia, -
Pronunciation
Some English-speakers pronounce the acronym 'GIF' with a plosive (as in the word "gift"). Others pronounce it with an affricate (as in the word "giraffe"). There is evidence, including comments from Bob Berry, one of the format's creators, suggesting the affricate pronunciation is correct.
The pronunciation coined by the creators of the file format during its unravelling presentation in the 1980's pronounced the format as "JIF" in sound. This is the most popular method of pronouncing the file format in the spoken word, while most Macintosh users and Photographic artists still pronounce it as GIF", like "Gift".
The basic pronunciation of a word like GIF also dictates that the when a consonant (G) is immediatly followed by a vowel (I) the consonant's sound is elongated, so the G should be pronounced as "Gey", bound with the i and f, correctly pronounced "JIF"
Reply #40 Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:02 AM
| The basic pronunciation of a word like GIF also dictates that the when a consonant (G) is immediatly followed by a vowel (I) the consonant's sound is elongated, so the G should be pronounced as "Gey", bound with the i and f, correctly pronounced "JIF" |
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Reply #21 Monday, January 9, 2006 7:00 PM
Whatever!! I say "G"IF!
.... it's P-N-G, in my head. TGA, is T-G-A.... not t'ga, or targa [quote/]
PNG is P-N-G but I prefer targa over T-G-A.