Arguments at the Christmas dinner table!

Thekwango said:
No it isn’t, it’s not a word.
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http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/#qform

Contrary to what some people say, acronyms do not have to be pronounceable words (for example FBI is spelled out when spoken, whereas NASA is not). Some sources use the word initialism to refer to the spelled acronyms, which is occasionally a useful distinction, but they are still acronyms.
 
If the inventor of said thing categorically says it's pronounced one way, then how hard is it to pronounce it that way?

Like, isn't it just common decency to pronounce something or someone's name correctly? It's like if someone told you their name was Dave, and you just ignored them and called them "Dah-vay". Outside of literal difficulties with certain mouth shapes and sounds that aren't common in your mother tongue, then as (hopefully) a self-respecting adult, the amount of effort it should take to pronounce something properly should be small, especially for a barely-one-syllable word.
 
I say gif but i believe it started out as jif.

If i said gif/jif to my family members it would take the holidays to explain what i was talking about.
 
HoneyBadger said:
http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/#qform

Contrary to what some people say, acronyms do not have to be pronounceable words (for example FBI is spelled out when spoken, whereas NASA is not). Some sources use the word initialism to refer to the spelled acronyms, which is occasionally a useful distinction, but they are still acronyms.
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i've always understood an acronym to be a pronounceable word, as per below. thought the others were just called initials.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/acronym

edit: meant to say that a number of other sources would indicate i and the above are wrong. every day's a school day :)
 
I wonder if its an Americanism that they pronounce gif as jif?

We know what they are like with the word router. They pronounce it like rooter.
 
BowdonUK said:
I wonder if its an Americanism that they pronounce gif as jif?

We know what they are like with the word router. They pronounce it like rooter.
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Pretty certain you've got that the wrong way around. All British I know pronounce it as 'roo-ter' only the Americans pronounce it as 'row-ter' (row as in to argue, and not as row a boat).
 
@BowdonUK - I've always used rooter, because router comes from the French word - route. So it's route plus an r.

@Stu999 - I just say FTP as the letters. Like RSPCA, USA or NHS.

Okay guys... how do you say GiffGaff?

3.. 2.. 1.. GO! :D

Again like Gif, I use hard G for GiffGaff.
 
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