Jason Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, Spork3245 said: Yes, he says it correctly. Suck it, hoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Just now, Jason said: How do you say it? Do… do you have to change the first letter so people know? Like “jif”? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Just now, Spork3245 said: How do you say it? Do… do you have to change the first letter so people know? Like “jif”? How do you people pronounce "gel"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Just now, Jason said: How do you people pronounce "gel"? I pronounce it “gel”: I don’t need to change anything for it to translate through text, unlike “jif” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 GIF = "Graphics Interchange Format". When "graphics" is pronounced like "jraffics", people who claim it's pronounced like "jiff" will have a leg to stand on. Until then: Anyway... Can't wait to see him back in action! 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr.Vic20 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I will see Jon tomorrow on Paramount+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 34 minutes ago, Nokra said: GIF = "Graphics Interchange Format". When "graphics" is pronounced like "jraffics", people who claim it's pronounced like "jiff" will have a leg to stand on. Until then: Anyway... Can't wait to see him back in action! GIF is an acronym though, not an initialism. Acronyms are pronounced phonetically according to the new word that is created, not by the letters that created the acronym. This is why NASA is pronounced Nah-saw and not Nay-saw, even though the first A in the world is long in Aeronautics, not short. As the letter G can be hard or soft, the acronym pronunciation for GIF is correct either way. So it's just a matter of what people accept as the correct version. It's like how other words have multiple accepted pronunciations depending on locations, etc (toMAYto vs toMAHto). EDIT - An even better example is LASER, which we pronounce as Lay-Zer despite there being no Z in the word. If we followed the rule of using the initial's pronunciation rather than accepting the word as a new acronym, then we should say Lay-sser. EDIT2 - Or JPEG. It should be jay-fegg since Photograph has an f sound, if we used that rule. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, CitizenVectron said: This is why NASA is pronounced Nah-saw and not Nay-saw, Actually it's pronounced "Nah Sah" you Canuck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 It can be pronounced either "gif" or "jif" but I believe more people have accepted and say "jif" as the way to pronounce it. It also sounds better, so I now go with that. CitizenVectron explained the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: This is why NASA is pronounced Nah-saw Good god, who says "saw" for the SA part? nasa+prononciation - Google Search WWW.GOOGLE.COM Anyway, whether it's an initialism or not doesn't actually matter, because if it were an initialism it would mean you'd pronounce each letter individually and has nothing to do with the phonetic sound made (ie: C.I.A., not "seeya"). In JPEG you don't use a "Ph" sound because there's no H to cause it after the P in the acronym: if it were JPhEG, sure, as it's the combination that makes the f sound, but that sounds kinda dirty. Regardless, I agree that both GIF and JIF are correct as there's no actual rule with the hard vs soft G and when it's used or isn't (there's rules for when it can be used but they aren't constants like with ph sounding like an F), and people who actually bitch about when someone else says their non-preferred way are the absolute worst people on the planet, so I always take the opportunity to annoy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 6 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: Good god, who says "saw" for the SA part? nasa+prononciation - Google Search WWW.GOOGLE.COM Anyway, whether it's an initialism or not doesn't actually matter, because if it were an initialism it would mean you'd pronounce each letter individually and has nothing to do with the phonetic sound made (ie: C.I.A., not "seeya"). In JPEG you don't use a "Ph" sound because there's no H to cause it after the P in the acronym: if it were JPhEG, sure, as it's the combination that makes the f sound, but that sounds kinda dirty. Regardless, I agree that both GIF and JIF are correct as there's no actual rule with the hard vs soft G and when it's used or isn't (there's rules for when it can be used but they aren't constants like with ph sounding like an F), and people who actually bitch about when someone else says their non-preferred way are the absolute worst people on the planet, so I always take the opportunity to annoy them. The real debate is what a gas pedal should be called in an EV: accelerator go pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Just now, CitizenVectron said: The real debate is what a gas pedal should be called in an EV: accelerator go pedal The original name was "throttle", then "accelerator" and "gas pedal" became common. So, we should just call it "musk face" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 19 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: The original name was "throttle", then "accelerator" and "gas pedal" became common. So, we should just call it "musk face" Given how they burn, perhaps we should call the petal the "Ignition primer" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, Jason said: How do you people pronounce "gel"? How do you pronounce "gift"? 38 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: The original name was "throttle", then "accelerator" and "gas pedal" became common. So, we should just call it "musk face" So I can step on the "Musk face"? I would love to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 It’s clearly the “Fast Forward” peddle. Can’t wait for the mandatory Musk brain implant to sync up to the future self driving cars for emergency use when self driving mode malfunctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Choosy moms choose gif. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: As the letter G can be hard or soft, the acronym pronunciation for GIF is correct either way. It's not correct either way, it's just that the soft G crowd decided to get together and be wrong. And when the creator of GIFs came out and corrected them, they turned into the mental equivalent of an election denier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 ok I should have known better that my comment would derail the thread, my apologies to @Spork3245. Let's get this back on track, please. 3 hours ago, Spork3245 said: I appreciated this video, thanks. I was wondering why he was only doing Mondays on the Daily Show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I hate the soft g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, Nokra said: ok I should have known better that my comment would derail the thread, my apologies to @Spork3245. Let's get this back on track, please. I appreciated this video, thanks. I was wondering why he was only doing Mondays on the Daily Show. Oh, I never care about derailments unless it’s something serious ^ I hope he brings the weekly podcast he was doing during the AppleTV show back alongside his TDS Mondays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 7 minutes ago, Bacon said: I hate the soft g soft gs and hard ds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I work early and went to setup my recording for this for tonight. Well it seems like Bell dropped The Daily Show and now we Canadian fans must look elsewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 You're all wrong, it's "gueeft" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 That was a lovely opening 20 minutes. Watched it as it happened, but if you can't watch, it's been uploaded to my tube: 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Second segment: 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 That was great. I can't imagine a better return than that. He hasn't lost a step. I can't help but feel bad for that other guy when Monday ratings are 1.5x or 2x better than the rest of the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 So Donald Trump for months has been promising to be a literal dictator and the best they can do is a "both sides is crazy" segment on how old the candidates are? This is just the first week back, so maybe they have more planned to say what the media has failed to say within the couple of weeks, but so far I'm not left with much hope. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 48 minutes ago, Kamusha said: "both sides is crazy" That’s not what I took from that segment, like, at all. I took a “yea, Biden is old, it’s a valid criticism and they need to do a better job of lessening fears regarding his state, but jfc Trump’s mental state is somewhere between mayo left in the sun and a teddy ruxpin”. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 59 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: That’s not what I took from that segment, like, at all. I took a “yea, Biden is old, it’s a valid criticism and they need to do a better job of lessening fears regarding his state, but jfc Trump’s mental state is somewhere between mayo left in the sun and a teddy ruxpin”. HEY! You Leave Teddy Ruzpin out of that comparison. At least my talking TR could read me a coherent sentence/story, unlike Mr. Cheeto. Although I agree with the Mayo reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 11 minutes ago, silentbob said: HEY! You Leave Teddy Ruzpin out of that comparison. At least my talking TR could read me a coherent sentence/story, unlike Mr. Cheeto. Although I agree with the Mayo reference FWIW, TR is the higher bar of the two of which Trump is still not reaching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 6 hours ago, Spork3245 said: FWIW, TR is the higher bar of the two of which Trump is still not reaching Hey! You keep my Teddy out your goddamn mouth! But anyway great return and I definitely didn’t get a both sides vibe, Biden’s age would be a major point for me if he wasn’t running against a Batman villain but this is the timeline the cultist losers gave us so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 It's a little bit of both-sidesism, which, if I'm being honest when the polls are this razer tight, should we really be taking shots at the only person standing in the way of "The Return of Voldemort", as they said? I don't know, they're valid criticisms so it's hard to disagree, but I'm not sure whatever objective he's trying to achieve is the best one to pursue at this exact moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 4 hours ago, Reputator said: It's a little bit of both-sidesism, which, if I'm being honest when the polls are this razer tight, should we really be taking shots at the only person standing in the way of "The Return of Voldemort", as they said? I don't know, they're valid criticisms so it's hard to disagree, but I'm not sure whatever objective he's trying to achieve is the best one to pursue at this exact moment. I think being in denial about valid criticisms only hurts. Being honest about them with a “yes, but” is more effective IMO, and that’s how I took the segment. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 9 hours ago, Reputator said: should we really be taking shots at the only person standing in the way of "The Return of Voldemort", Yeah this definitely seems to be the biggest issue many on the left had with Jon’s segment. It’s not that he’s wrong. It’s the opposite and he shouldn’t help feed the right who might ignore everything he said about Trump and clip only the Biden criticisms. Trump is dar worse, but it’s messed up Democrats aren’t crafting a better image of Biden with Biden. Show don’t tell. You know, if he is really sharp as a tack, energetic, and supper in control of the room at all times. And better they hear it now in February than not figure it out until Oct. If Democrats cant handle even this level of truth and feedback from their own political side, theyre going to lose in November. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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