![]() ![]() English dictionaries generally accept both main alternatives as valid, and linguistic analyses show no clear advantage for either based on the pronunciation frequencies of similar English words. In addition, some speakers enunciate each letter in the acronym, producing / dʒ iː aɪ ɛ f/ i. ![]() The controversy stems partly from the fact that there is no general rule for how the letter sequence gi is to be pronounced the hard g prevails in words such as gift, while the soft g is used in others such as ginger. Others have pointed to the term's origin from abbreviation of the hard- g word graphics to argue for the other pronunciation. Many public figures and institutions have taken sides in the debate Steve Wilhite, the creator of the image file format, gave a speech at the 2013 Webby Awards arguing for the soft- g pronunciation. Popularly rendered in English as a one-syllable word, the acronym is most commonly pronounced / ɡ ɪ f/ i (with a hard g as in gift) or / dʒ ɪ f/ i (with a soft g as in gem), differing in the phoneme represented by the letter G. The pronunciation of GIF, an acronym for the Graphics Interchange Format, has been disputed since the 1990s. I understand kids being brought to adult meetups isn't okay, but you seem to want to avoid your friends' kids altogether.Steve Wilhite's slide at the 2013 Webby Awards You, because honestly, if I was friends with someone who seemingly wanted nothing to do with my children, you'd be removed from my life. Them because they shouldn't have brought their kids without discussing it. The reality is also that you're in a group where most of the people are or will be moms, so the idea that it's ever going to be easy to make plans where everyone leaves their kids at home is kind of a pipe dream, yeah? Not to mention it's kind of presumptuous to assume they could leave their kids at home but actively choose not to it's more charitable to believe that if someone is asking to bring their kid along, it's for a reason other than trying to be a pain." I get the desire to hang out without kids, and it's a valid one. ![]() "NTA or ESH, waffling back and forth here. But some thought everyone sucked in this situation: ![]()
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