The sound of a hard g (which often precedes the non-front vowels a, o, u) is usually [ɡ] (as in go) while the sound of a soft g (typically before i, e, y) depending on language, may be a fricative or affricate. In English, the sound of soft g is /dʒ/ (as in George).
TL;DR if you think its pronounced "gif" not "jif" you need to go back and slap your 10th grade english teacher.
slam dunk
that's one of the most impressive /thread moments i've ever witnessed
slam dunk
that's one of the most impressive /thread moments i've ever witnessed
I cited the rules for the exceptions too, I don't understand how you can use the justification of "there are exceptions like "gift" which is similar".... well great, but the creator of the thing calls it "jiff" the correct modern English language rules also dictate it be "jiff" and yet still it MUST be an "exception"?Slam dunk because there are no exceptions to such rules, like, who knows... gift?
I've honestly always said GIF because JIF sounded too much like noobs/movie directors that didn't know anything about computers trying to sound technical. As in 'jiggabyte' or 'jiggawatt'. I know it's a small sample.size, but honestly to this day the only people I hear say JIF are A+ certs who think they've accomplished something and can fix ANY computer (re-install windows).
Funny, because jigga has been an acceptable pronunciation of 'giga-' for half a century.I've honestly always said GIF because JIF sounded too much like noobs/movie directors that didn't know anything about computers trying to sound technical. As in 'jiggabyte' or 'jiggawatt'.