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GIF Proununciation

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July 11, 2016
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EXACTLY. Now, I know what the creator of GIF said, but he's wrong. The acronym inherits its sounds from the sounds of the first letters of its constituent words.

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David Asch

Inspiring

Oh yes, the heady days of the web in the '90s. Page after page of animated JIFs on Ghee-ocities sites

gener7

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My first graphics viewer program was Cshow for DOS (pronounced "doss" which rhymes with loss). The programmers set a reminder that it was pronounced "jif"). We can use the soft g for the extension and the hard g for "graphics".

These are what are called "trade" or "in house" terms. We accept the in house usage to get on with our work and to communicate with others in or about the computer sciences.

Render to the Computing Department what is theirs, and to the English Department what is theirs.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Gene generated a gigantic GIF of a genuine gypsy on a gingersnap-eating giraffe in a gymnasium.

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Sockratease

Inspiring

Gosh!

Sockratease

Inspiring

I never knew people tried to pronounce file extensions as words! I always thought you were supposed to just say each letter one at a time.

Ya learns su,pim' new alla da times

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Do you say N-A-S-A or Nasa?

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Sockratease

Inspiring

I think of acronyms as something wholly other than file extensions. They have similarities, but I never equated them. Doing so is neither right nor wrong. It just never even occurred to me that anybody would even consider doing such a thing.

But like I said (even though I missed the "M" key and it looks funny) Ya learns sumpim' new alla da times!

EDIT - Now I'm getting very rude ideas about how to pronounce "PSD"

Paul Wilson CTDP

Community Expert

I believe there is something to do with Jiff Peanut Butter but I still use a hard g because that's what I first heard.

Paul Wilson, CTDP

AriEss

Inspiring

How about "data"?

Is it 'dayta' or 'daataa'?

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

It's Latin -- datum (singular), data or datas (plural).

Correctly pronounced 'daytoom' , 'dayta' or 'daytas'.

Nancy O.

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melissapiccone

Community Expert

ping and jif... I'm not changing it now!

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Pariah Burke

Author

Community Expert

I always say "ping" for PNG. And "cash," though I've heard British English speakers often pronounce it as "cash-ay".

John Waller

Community Expert

I'm still confused about "Cache".

Cash?

Cay-sh? (this was in my head for 20 years until I heard it spoken as "Cash" few years ago)

Cash-ay?

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I say Cash.

How about PNG?

Is it a "Ping" a "pee-en-jee" or a "pee-en-gee"?

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John Waller

Community Expert

I've always said "Pee-en-jee".

I've read about the others but never heard them used.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

How do you say SQL?

Is it es-queue-el or sequel?

Nancy O.

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Pariah Burke

Author

Community Expert

The first time I heard anyone speak "SQL" aloud it was with the "sequel" pronunciation, so that's the one I started using. However, es-queue-el seems more correct.

Szalam

Community Expert

What, nobody says "squirrel"?

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