imagine thinking it was pronounced jeff

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President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Sweevo posted:

# ? Nov 25, 2020 02:36

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# ? May 3, 2024 08:16

Poopernickel: Oct 28, 2005; electricity bad; Fun Shoe

When you go withdraw some hooker money, do you go to the ahh-tee-emm just because the first word is "automatic"?

# ? Nov 25, 2020 03:07

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

the academic answer is that english has pronunciation rules and the only words that treat g in that way are loanwords from 14th century french like giraffe

# ? Nov 25, 2020 03:21

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

and honestly, do you really want to sound like a frenchman

# ? Nov 25, 2020 03:23

git apologist: Jun 4, 2003

Poopernickel posted:

When you go withdraw some hooker money, do you go to the ahh-tee-emm just because the first word is "automatic"?

i've noticed, and stick with me here, that the first letter of atm is a

so I would say a t m

# ? Nov 25, 2020 03:32

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Gentle Autist posted:

i've noticed, and stick with me here, that the first letter of atm is a

so I would say a t m

this is correct because its an initialism and not an acronym

# ? Nov 25, 2020 03:55

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

Sweevo posted:

so?

the guy who invented png thinks it's called "ping"

got any funny pingas to share?

# ? Nov 25, 2020 04:00

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Jabor posted:

got any funny pingas to share?

they're all funny looking

# ? Nov 25, 2020 04:02

Poopernickel: Oct 28, 2005; electricity bad; Fun Shoe

mediaphage posted:

this is correct because its an initialism and not an acronym

So you'd say jee eye eff?

Or if you slur them together into one word... Jif?

# ? Nov 25, 2020 05:56

Poopernickel: Oct 28, 2005; electricity bad; Fun Shoe

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

the academic answer is that english has pronunciation rules and the only words that treat g in that way are loanwords from 14th century french like giraffe

The linguistics answer is that language is what we make it! You and me, H.P. Hovercraft. We have the power, right here, right now. To decide that jif is better.

Poopernickel fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Nov 25, 2020

# ? Nov 25, 2020 05:58

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

great now do scsi

# ? Nov 25, 2020 06:21

Poopernickel: Oct 28, 2005; electricity bad; Fun Shoe

sexy

# ? Nov 25, 2020 06:55

Moo Cowabunga: Jun 15, 2009; [Office Worker.

# ? Nov 25, 2020 07:03

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Poopernickel posted:

sexy

# ? Nov 25, 2020 07:23

Bokito: Jul 25, 2007; Going Ape

It should be pronounced with a Dutch hard G

# ? Nov 25, 2020 08:37

psiox: Oct 15, 2001; Babylon 5 Street Team

Poopernickel posted:

sexy

# ? Nov 25, 2020 08:45

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Poopernickel posted:

So you'd say jee eye eff?

Or if you slur them together into one word... Jif?

an initialisation becomes an acronym if it basically has vowels in the right places.

the rule boils down to "does it sound stupid"

# ? Nov 25, 2020 09:02

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

Sweevo posted:

so?

the guy who invented png thinks it's called "ping"

wait, there are people who don't pronounce PNG as "ping"?

# ? Nov 25, 2020 10:42

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

also "gifferie of yospos" was gold and you can all suck my loving balls :mad:

# ? Nov 25, 2020 10:45

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

on the same vein of gif: aluminum vs aluminium

# ? Nov 25, 2020 14:15

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Hammerite posted:

wait, there are people who don't pronounce PNG as "ping"?

oh, you sweet summer child...

# ? Nov 25, 2020 14:42

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

Hammerite posted:

wait, there are people who don't pronounce PNG as "ping"?

it's gee enn you slash crack ping

# ? Nov 25, 2020 14:56

Jenny Agutter: Mar 18, 2009

President Beep posted:

oh, you sweet summer child...

i have never adblocked a sig image so quickly

# ? Nov 25, 2020 15:42

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Jenny Agutter posted:

i have never adblocked a sig image so quickly

lol. oops. should be off now.

# ? Nov 25, 2020 15:56

HORSE-SLAUGHTERER: Nov 11, 2020; H O R S E - S L A U G H T E R E R

I think that if you read it, it should be pronounced gif (rhymes w/ giraffe), but if you say it out loud, it should be pronounced gif

# ? Nov 25, 2020 16:54

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

I�m a soft g ever since I started taking estradiol

# ? Nov 25, 2020 16:55

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

HORSE-SLAUGHTERER posted:

gif (rhymes w/ giraffe)

# ? Nov 25, 2020 16:56

Poopernickel: Oct 28, 2005; electricity bad; Fun Shoe

Mr. Nice! posted:

on the same vein of gif: aluminum vs aluminium

this one is OK because both are pronounced the right way, based on respective spellings

# ? Nov 25, 2020 17:02

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

HORSE-SLAUGHTERER posted:

if you say it out loud

trap sprung

# ? Nov 25, 2020 17:44

Best Bi Geek Squid: Mar 25, 2016

"I was just reading a piece in the New Yorker about meh-mes. I learned about this delightful jiff in which..."

# ? Nov 25, 2020 18:43

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

in my experience only self important tubo nerds use the hard g

# ? Nov 25, 2020 18:44

Cybernetic Vermin: Apr 18, 2005

Silver Alicorn posted:

in my experience only self important tubo nerds use the hard g

and the only people who irl talk about a dead image file format are turbo nerds?

# ? Nov 25, 2020 19:06

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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imajine thinking it was pronounced gif

# ? Nov 26, 2020 00:58

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

imajine jragons

# ? Nov 26, 2020 01:07

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Best Bi Geek Squid posted:

"I was just reading a piece in the New Yorker about meh-mes. I learned about this delightful jiff in which..."

maymays

# ? Nov 28, 2020 08:08

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

the guy who wrote libc++ pronounces it �lye-b� (as in library) despite literally everyone else calling it lib (as in liberty)

# ? Nov 29, 2020 19:06

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

there�s probably some british weirdos pronouncing library as leebrury

# ? Nov 29, 2020 19:09

Roosevelt: Jul 18, 2009; I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

i used to work with a nerd who could only say "libary". no matter how many times i corrected him, he was set in his ways

# ? Nov 29, 2020 19:11

Best Bi Geek Squid: Mar 25, 2016

chav nicked me aluhminium mowbyeul

# ? Nov 29, 2020 19:37

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# ? May 3, 2024 08:16

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Roosevelt posted:

i used to work with a nerd who could only say "libary". no matter how many times i corrected him, he was set in his ways

the best part of working in pharmacy is customers butchering the pronunciation of drug names

# ? Nov 29, 2020 19:40

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