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[-] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago

the inventor of gifs clearly stated it was pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter.

"jif" is therefore more accurate.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago

If the inventer of bridges told you you were supposed to jump off them, would you?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Guessed the link before I clicked it :-)

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

No, but I would acknowledge that the bridge was designed for jumping off of it

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Similarly, we can recognise that the gif creator intended for it to be said jif, and also not use that pronunciation because it's dumb, and we hate it.

See? It works both ways.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

If a person intentionally mispronounced your name because they thought it was dumb would you consider it rude?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

No? Because I don't give a shit?

A name is just a label. A sound or set of symbols in an order that inspires the concept of that thing in someone else. In the case of someone's name, mispronouncing my name either has one of two consequences: 1. I don't hear it. My ear is keen on people saying my name (the way it's normally said), so if your pronunciation is too far off from how my name is normally said, my ear may not "hear" it, thinking you're taking to someone else and I will more or less ignore that you've "said my name".... OR, when you address me with the wrong pronunciation, I will recognise that the sounds you've chosen to use for me, while not typically the sounds associated with the concept of my self, are indeed referring to the same thing.

I comprehend what you mean, and that's the important bit. The letters/sounds used are secondary to the point effectively being understood.

I've been called by all kinds of names, plenty that sound like mine, there's a very common name that starts with a J that sounds like mine that I've gotten a lot, and I've even been called by completely different names, and I generally could not give less of a shit about it. Unless the speaker is a friend, or someone I care enough about to value their opinion, then why would I care?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

thought so.

For your edification, no, you shouldn't jump off any bridges just because someone told you to.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

I hold 'em, you punch 'em!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

It's pronounced "cat."

As a sign of your appreciation, you will cat me, gifting me a small feline companion.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

You are right, I absolutely agree.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

haha, look at you, letting people sleep

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Actually, it's a Norwegian G, so the correct pronunciation would be "Yiff"

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

inaccurate and very satisfying.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

hahhah, I could never fight with Kurtwood watching.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I pronounce it both ways. Sometimes I will even use one pronunciation over the other because it angers the person I am speaking with.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

you are walking the true path.

I absolutely brought it up for giggles.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

everyone knows it's prononced yiff

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

God it feels good to be factually correct.

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