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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

In English the correct way to pronounce something is the way that will most reliably communicate your intended meaning to your intended audience without unintended ambiguity or distraction.

Since my intention is usually to communicate my superior knowledge of trivia and/or to stir shit up, I pronounce it with a soft g.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The letter G is obviously pronounced like in the word: "gigantic".

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or maybe like in the word "garage"

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pronouncing it as "gif" is wrong on so many levels...

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[–] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd thought it's pronounced like in the word 'graphic'.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Oh, my "joke" was that there's two G's in gigantic and it's two different sounds.

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Reminiscent of the Spielberg dinosaur hit movie "Graphic Park".

[–] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I heard then both say it the right way in my head so there

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Piss off everyone: Dutch pronunciation. The G sounds like you're ripping up a newspaper.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Chif...

Hah! Reminds me of the German word Flugzeugträger... if spoken in a cologne accent the three Gs will all be pronounced differently and none of them actually like G.

Fluchzeuschträjer.

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[–] MrGerrit 5 points 2 years ago

I don't gif a fuck.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use PNG or MP4 instead.

Is it also soft G in PNG? So it's PNJ?

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

PNG rhymes with

[–] JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So is it one representative or the entirety of Papua New Guinea that handles it?

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[–] ezures@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 years ago
[–] HaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] anonymoose@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I think this is how it's pronounced: my name is jeff

[–] Slow@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When will Lemmy support the gif format?

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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