catra Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 listen, the creator has said it’s pronounced jiff, so i will defend that pronunciation with my life Link to post Share on other sites
user23974865 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 28 minutes ago, catra said: listen, the creator has said it’s pronounced jiff, so i will defend that pronunciation with my life I'm clicking "like" for the bravery. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I pronounce it "Gee-Eye-Eff" Link to post Share on other sites
user23974865 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, Winter Spirit ❅ said: I pronounce it "Gee-Eye-Eff" It didn't occur to me to add that option, but it looks like it might be rivaling "jiff" in popularity. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Ghif and jiff just both sound bad to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Jay Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I'd always assumed it was "jif", like "jiffy". Don't know why. Maybe because I thought it was more natural. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 To me it makes more sense to pronounce if with a hard g, like gift without the t (in both English and German); after all the g stand for graphics, which is pronounced with a hard g. Nobody says "jraphics". (unless they are talking about tall colorful creatures?) Link to post Share on other sites
user23974865 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, daveb said: Nobody says "jraphics". Some people (or animals) might. Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites
Akmenos Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 ...Have I been pronouncing it wrong the entire time? I STILL THINK IT’S JIFF (Also because jiff is a peanut butter brand and peanut butter is awesome, just like gifs) Link to post Share on other sites
firewallflower Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 If I have to pronounce it, I'm on Team Jiff, but when reading something I typically mentally pronounce each letter (G-I-F), and I generally try to avoid needing to say it all just because nothing feels quite right. :P Link to post Share on other sites
Knight of Cydonia Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 7:08 PM, catra said: listen, the creator has said it’s pronounced jiff, so i will defend that pronunciation with my life Pretty sure this is the correct answer, and for that reason! The way I understand it, there aren't any specific rules for how to pronounce words with the "gi" beginning in English. Some are hard (gift, give...) and others are soft (giraffe, gin...). Rather, it depends on the history of the word, since modern English is a mix of different dialects. So, for the case of a new word without any such history, the pronunciation depends on the word's creator. In this case, the soft g wins. It's like if some parents named their kid Gillian, with a hard g. Even though most people would read that with a soft g like "Jillian", the parent's intention was a hard g so that should be the one respected and followed. On 3/9/2019 at 7:17 PM, MollyDMA said: the g stands for graphic, so it's ghif On 3/20/2019 at 6:15 PM, daveb said: To me it makes more sense to pronounce if with a hard g, like gift without the t (in both English and German); after all the g stand for graphics, which is pronounced with a hard g. Nobody says "jraphics". Acronyms don't necessarily take on the pronunciation of their original words. For instance, the P in JPEG is not pronounced with a Ph sound even though P stands for Photographic. The A in LASER isn't pronounced like the A in Amplitude. The A in NATO isn't pronounced like the A in Atlantic. Instead, they are treated as their own word. Link to post Share on other sites
MerePeasant Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Ghiff! I have never thought of it as jiff. As others have mentioned, Jif is the old name for Cif cleaning product. Link to post Share on other sites
catra Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 3:44 AM, Knight of Cydonia said: Pretty sure this is the correct answer, and for that reason! The way I understand it, there aren't any specific rules for how to pronounce words with the "gi" beginning in English. Some are hard (gift, give...) and others are soft (giraffe, gin...). Rather, it depends on the history of the word, since modern English is a mix of different dialects. So, for the case of a new word without any such history, the pronunciation depends on the word's creator. In this case, the soft g wins. It's like if some parents named their kid Gillian, with a hard g. Even though most people would read that with a soft g like "Jillian", the parent's intention was a hard g so that should be the one respected and followed. Acronyms don't necessarily take on the pronunciation of their original words. For instance, the P in JPEG is not pronounced with a Ph sound even though P stands for Photographic. The A in LASER isn't pronounced like the A in Amplitude. The A in NATO isn't pronounced like the A in Atlantic. Instead, they are treated as their own word. wow, this is much better explanation than what i’ve could've provided thanks for contributing! Link to post Share on other sites
CelesteAdAstra Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I'm very passionate about it being GHIF Link to post Share on other sites
Goonie Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 not passionate at all, but jif Link to post Share on other sites
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