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  • I Indivara

    Interesting, didn't know that G had another pronunciation in Spanish.

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    Mark_Wallace
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    Indivara wrote:

    Interesting, didn't know that G had another pronunciation in Spanish.

    The same rule applies in Italian, where the C has the same e/i rule: "Sci" is pronounced "she", and "schi" is pronounced "ski".

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    • M Mark_Wallace

      I pronounce jif as jif, and gif as gif. That way, people will know whether I'm talking about gif files or jif files.

      Indivara wrote:

      when you write it as SQL, do you use a SQL ... or an SQL ...? (thinking of how it is pronounced)Looks like opinions are rather divided at this point...

      What a ridiculous question. "What are the pronunciation rules for the English language?" It depends on whether you pronounce it as an initialism or as a acronym.

      A little common sense goes a lot further than a lot of cliquey nonsense.

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      Syed Wayez Ahmed
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      If Gif can be pronounced as JIF then i can call my colig JAY as GAY? what say?

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        If Gif can be pronounced as JIF then i can call my colig JAY as GAY? what say?

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        Syed Wayez Ahmed wrote:

        If Gif can be pronounced as JIF then i can call my colig JAY as GAY? what say?

        I'd say that if you mispronounce either, you should expect a smack in the mouth. Going by the voting, it appears that people don't like being told that they're behaving like cliquey idiots. Well, the day I need the comradeship of people who are only half a step up from marketing cretins is the day I'll hang up my mouse.

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        • I Indivara

          That argument doesn't work, there is giant, Gillian (JIH-lee-uhn) etc :)

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          The only word that starts with gif is "gift". It is the best word to set a precedent for how to pronounce "GIF". :-D

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            Syed Wayez Ahmed wrote:

            If Gif can be pronounced as JIF then i can call my colig JAY as GAY? what say?

            I'd say that if you mispronounce either, you should expect a smack in the mouth. Going by the voting, it appears that people don't like being told that they're behaving like cliquey idiots. Well, the day I need the comradeship of people who are only half a step up from marketing cretins is the day I'll hang up my mouse.

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            Indivara
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            Mark Wallace wrote:

            Going by the voting

            Not me, gave you a compensating 5, though I have no idea what you are talking about. jif files? ;P

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            • A Anthony Mushrow

              GIF: Giraffe SQL: Squirrel Of course I have to be a little careful about where I use my regular terms, as some might thing I'm a little strange. Like if they caught me saying that I'd put some giraffes in my squirrel database.

              My current favourite phrase: I've seen better!

              -SK Genius

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              Indivara
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              That's nice, then PostgreSQL will be post gray squirrel, mysql will be my squirrel. You'll have to be even more careful with this, or it will get you certified even faster Client: So what should I use to store our client data? SK Genius: Oh, you can use my squirrel Client: :omg: :wtf:

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              • A AspDotNetDev

                The only word that starts with gif is "gift". It is the best word to set a precedent for how to pronounce "GIF". :-D

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                Indivara
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                Touche! :) didn't know that

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                • A Anthony Mushrow

                  GIF: Giraffe SQL: Squirrel Of course I have to be a little careful about where I use my regular terms, as some might thing I'm a little strange. Like if they caught me saying that I'd put some giraffes in my squirrel database.

                  My current favourite phrase: I've seen better!

                  -SK Genius

                  Source Indexing and Symbol Servers[^]

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                  SK Genius wrote:

                  as some might thing I'm a little strange

                  Only if they know you. ;)

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                  • A Abhinav S

                    You might want to check with the inventor of the png format. :)

                    The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick Visit the Hindi forum here.

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                    Are you saying I should ping him with my PNG pronunciation predicament?

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                    • A AspDotNetDev

                      Are you saying I should ping him with my PNG pronunciation predicament?

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                      :)

                      The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick Visit the Hindi forum here.

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                      • I Indivara

                        Mark Wallace wrote:

                        Going by the voting

                        Not me, gave you a compensating 5, though I have no idea what you are talking about. jif files? ;P

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                        Indivara wrote:

                        though I have no idea what you are talking about. jif files?

                        We need an .sql file to run a query to retrieve all the different graphics file extensions, and a .garbage file to output the result.

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                        • I Indivara

                          GIF - is it pronounced giff (with hard g) or jiff?

                          1. giff
                          2. jiff
                          3. never thought of it
                          4. whatever the other party says / is comfortable with
                          5. who gives a spit

                          Same with an S-Q-L server or a Sequel server <edit> Forgot to ask - when you write it as SQL, do you use a SQL ... or an SQL ...? (thinking of how it is pronounced) Looks like opinions are rather divided at this point... </edit> (I already saw the discussion on the other site*, don't care much for their opinion)

                          (* stack overflow)

                          modified on Friday, December 3, 2010 7:49 PM

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                          Sathesh Sakthivel
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                          I used to say as "jiff" and "sequel".

                          Regards, Sathesh. The best way to express one's gratitude to the Divine is to feel simply Happy..

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                          • N Nish Nishant

                            Indivara wrote:

                            Forgot to ask - when you write it as SQL, do you use a SQL ... or an SQL ...? (thinking of how it is pronounced)

                            I think I sometimes use 'a'. Example: I took a look at a SQL script the other day that was pretty fascinating. But usually I use neither 'a' or 'an'. Example: When working with SQL, I sometimes lose my cool.

                            Regards, Nish


                            My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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                            Sathesh Sakthivel
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                            Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                            Example: When working with SQL, I sometimes lose my cool.

                            Me too.

                            Regards, Sathesh. The best way to express one's gratitude to the Divine is to feel simply Happy..

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