making posts that say “gif” is pronounced how it looks. It is pronounced “jiff.”
They guy who fucking created that shit has spoken.
and everyone knows english/spelling pronunciation rules are ABSOLUTE shit.
And think of Linux. It was made by a Linus.. you think it would be pronounced like lie-nus, lie nux. No, it is lennox. because swedish mother fuckers pronounce linuss as LENNOUS and if you dont say lennox the nerds bite your head off. So stop trying to change the pronunciation cause it makes you feel better because you said gif when you first saw it HOT DAMN THIS IS A RANT.
Sources:
Video pronuciation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSu__J9cr1U
History: http://www.olsenhome.com/gif/
Linux: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/
GERMAN, not gurr-man, GEM, not gim, GIANT, not guy-ant, GEOGRAPHY, not gee yo raphi, GEORGIA, not gee yo roar gyuh, GIRAFFE, not gee raft, etc etc etc, soft g >.<