Trivial stuff

i say gif like gifford.
"The Magician" wrote in message

Please settle an argument…
Some file extensions are pronounced as a word…like "jaypeg" for .jpg. I’ve been doing graphics for a few years now…but the jury is still out

for

me on the "official" pronunciation of the file extension ".gif" (if there really is one.)

I it pronounced "GIF" as in Frank Gifford…?
(which is how I always said it…and sounds at least phonetically correct

to

me.)

Or is it pronounced "JIF" as in Jiffy peanut butter…? (a pronunciation that has always annoyed me.)
Or is it really up to the individual…?
"Tomato…tomahto…"
Any valid references to back up your answer would be appreciated. Thanks!

eddie
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"The Magician" wrote in
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Please settle an argument…
Some file extensions are pronounced as a word…like "jaypeg" for .jpg. I’ve been doing graphics for a few years now…but the jury is still out for me on the "official" pronunciation of the file extension ".gif" (if there really is one.)

I it pronounced "GIF" as in Frank Gifford…?
(which is how I always said it…and sounds at least phonetically correct to me.)

Or is it pronounced "JIF" as in Jiffy peanut butter…? (a pronunciation that has always annoyed me.)
Or is it really up to the individual…?
"Tomato…tomahto…"
Any valid references to back up your answer would be appreciated. Thanks!

I’m not sure that yet another web page from someone with too much time on their hands counts as a ‘valid reference’, but have at it: http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/

And despite Mr. Busy there, I’ve always pronounced it the way you do, and so do most other people I know, computer programmers among them.

Basically, if someone knows what you’re talking about, you’ve served the purpose of spoken communication. Those who really insist on arguing it should perhaps be introduced to the concept of masturbation, since it not only gives them something to do but, hopefully, do in private as well 😉

Or have some fun, and alternate the usage indiscriminately in the same sentence.

And by the way, it’s pronounced "hay-pedge".

– Al.

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I think you mean "Ya-pig"
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Ron.

Al Denelsbeck wrote in message

And by the way, it’s pronounced "hay-pedge".

– Al.

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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:19:42 +0100, "RTM"
wrote:

I think you mean "Ya-pig"

And for some of the images on the Net that’s a perfect description 😉

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Hecate
(Fried computers a specialty)

No references to quote, but I once worked with a man that had been on the original Compuserve GIF development team. He said they pronounced it "jif" (like the peanut butter).

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Oh heck, Hec.
And those were my BEST ones too.
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Ron.

Hecate wrote in message

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:19:42 +0100, "RTM"
wrote:

I think you mean "Ya-pig"

And for some of the images on the Net that’s a perfect description 😉
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Hecate
(Fried computers a specialty)

Eliska wrote:

And while we’re at it

pixel or pixEL?

I’m told it’s pixEL because the term means picture element

Never heard THAT before!

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Jonny

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If we did otherwise, the we wouldn’t be ourselves.”

-Neil Gaiman, “Sandman”

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:08:31 -0400, JBM wrote:

Eliska wrote:

And while we’re at it

pixel or pixEL?

I’m told it’s pixEL because the term means picture element

Never heard THAT before!

The pronunciation or the explanation?

Also, I heard that gif(ford) was the correct pronunciation because the ‘g’ stands for graphic or graphical.

Personally, I pronounce it like the p-nut butter.
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Eliska wrote:

The pronunciation or the explanation?

Neither! Or both! Or whatever. Whichever.

Ha ha, I say "jay-peg" but I pronounce each letter of gif, as in "I saved the image in jee-eye-eff format." Don’t know where THAT came from.

Maybe because gif(ford) sounds so fragmentary in my mind, I cant make myself say it.

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Jonny

“We do what we do because of who we are.

If we did otherwise, the we wouldn’t be ourselves.”

-Neil Gaiman, “Sandman”

I’m in Doug’s camp the original articulation was

"jiff" as in lets eat!

"JBM" wrote in message

Eliska wrote:

The pronunciation or the explanation?

Neither! Or both! Or whatever. Whichever.

Ha ha, I say "jay-peg" but I pronounce each letter of gif, as in "I saved the image in jee-eye-eff format." Don’t know where THAT came from.
Maybe because gif(ford) sounds so fragmentary in my mind, I cant make myself say it.

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Jonny