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Another Windows 10 update, another program doesn't work.
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dbt1949 wrote:Another Windows 10 update, another program doesn't work.
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At least it's not "Another Windows 10 update, another Windows 10 doesn't work."

That has happened to me at home twice and twice while supporting computers at work. And it's not even like Windows 7 where you can go back to a pre-update version. You just get caught in an endless loop of "Windows encountered an error while trying to start... Windows could not revert to a previous version this operation has been canceled... Windows encountered an error while trying to start.." And then it won't even let you reload Windows over your existing installation. It's clean imagine or nothing.

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Today I learned the definitive pronunciation of GIF.
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Jamaica in four weeks. Five days of pina coladas, soaking on the beach and blessed, blessed not thinking about emotional support, guidance for adult children, needy girlfriends or the emotional maelstrom that comes from too close proximity to ex wives.

Also, "pot brownies".
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Default wrote:Jamaica in four weeks. Five days of pina coladas, soaking on the beach and blessed, blessed not thinking about emotional support, guidance for adult children, needy girlfriends or the emotional maelstrom that comes from too close proximity to ex wives.

Also, "pot brownies".
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Max Peck wrote:Today I learned the definitive pronunciation of GIF.
He'll be dead soon and we can lay his obvious mistake down with him.

Is he French? Because that's about the only way I could see someone seeing "gif" and pronouncing it "jif".
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Or German. Or Georgian.

Sorry, just being a gerk.
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Blackhawk wrote:Or German. Or Georgian.

Sorry, just being a gerk.
The J and G letters have reversed pronunciations in the French alphabet. Obviously I'm not arguing that the G can never sound like a J, I'm saying that "gi" is a common letter combination in English and it is normally pronounced as in "gift" or "give".

I'm saying he made a mistake decades ago and now he's just being stubborn about it. :wink:
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My wife's maiden name was Giles and people called her everything from Gills to Geels to GAH- iles ....its a J sound people!! Ja Ja JA Giles.
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Daehawk wrote:My wife's maiden name was Giles and people called her everything from Gills to Geels to GAH- iles ....its a J sound people!! Ja Ja JA Giles.
All bets are off for proper names. For the record I thought it was guy-el-z
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GreenGoo wrote:
Max Peck wrote:Today I learned the definitive pronunciation of GIF.
He'll be dead soon and we can lay his obvious mistake down with him.

Is he French? Because that's about the only way I could see someone seeing "gif" and pronouncing it "jif".
How do you pronounce gin and tonic? Digital logic? Egregious religion? Fugitive engineer? Tragic gigolo? Vaginal hygiene? Gigantic region? Imaginatively apologize?
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The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."
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Holman wrote:
Default wrote:Jamaica in four weeks. Five days of pina coladas, soaking on the beach and blessed, blessed not thinking about emotional support, guidance for adult children, needy girlfriends or the emotional maelstrom that comes from too close proximity to ex wives.

Also, "pot brownies".
Dude, I have snow you could be digging instead RIGHT NOW.
Yeah, but do you have brownies?
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The girlish gift giver girded himself with a girdle and gills as he gibbered and giggled about his girth in the gildhall. What a git.

His gizzard felt gimped as this whole thing was more like a gimballed gizmo in support of a gimmick rather than a gigaton of evidence.

Or is that measured in gigawatts? :Wink:

I accept that there are plenty of examples going either way, but I'm uncomfortable changing gift to jif just by dropping the t.
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Kraken wrote:The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."
That remains the best rationale for mispronouncing GIF. :coffee:
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Kraken wrote:The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."
The first word in AWOL isn't Abe-sent.
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Max Peck wrote:
Kraken wrote:The first word in the acronym is "graphics", not "giraffics."
That remains the best rationale for mispronouncing GIF. :coffee:
Agree completely.

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Max Peck wrote:How do you pronounce gin and tonic? Digital logic? Egregious religion? Fugitive engineer? Tragic gigolo? Vaginal hygiene? Gigantic region? Imaginatively apologize?
I don't know about .gifs, but I'm now a big fan of your flash fiction.
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dbt1949 wrote:Enlarge Image
Minus one point for posting it as a PNG. :naughty:
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Max Peck wrote:
dbt1949 wrote:Enlarge Image
Minus one point for posting it as a PNG. :naughty:

He is a choosey mother, isn't he?
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So my wife emergency beeps me and when I go to see what the matter is, her dog laying next to her is hungry according to her and wants something to eat. As a matter of fact all three dogs on her bed want something to eat.
Of course there is plenty of dog food in bowels around the house as well as clean water.
One reason I never go to her bedroom armed when she beeps me.
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Maybe they don't like eating out of bowels?
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The way they spill it you would think so.
And who ever heard of a weenie dog that washes it's paws in their water bowl when ever she comes back in from the back yard.
Her mother must have been scared by a raccoon when she was pregnant.
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Can you really mispronounce an acronym? I mean, I feel like it's up to the speaker to decide, or just enunciate the letters individually in sequence. Not to mention you don't get to control an evolving language. Pronounce it however the hell you like... this debate is stupid. (I'm not calling you guys stupid for having it, I'm just tired of hearing about it in general.)

For the record I pronounce it with a hard G. I don't consider myself some kind of rebel. Likewise, I wouldn't correct you or argue with you if you pronounced it with a soft G.

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The pronunciation of GIF can lead to a silly argument, or an opportunity to explore etymology. Your choice -- either one can be fun.
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Well, this workday has been pretty much been a complete write-off from a productivity standpoint.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Kraken wrote:Maybe they don't like eating out of bowels?
You don't have dogs, do you?
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One of the small joys of gainful unemployment: sipping a cappuccino, reading the day's news, waiting for the new day to roll over and a shiny new game to unlock, because you don't need to worry about getting up and going anywhere in the morning.

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That would be a more biting rejoinder if I hadn't already posted that comic in the game's thread myself. :lol:
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OOps so did I .
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For all my talk about about packing lunches that cost under $2, I just had a burger, poutine fries, and small shake at what was supposed to be the best place around for a burger for $20 and the burger was simply OK and the fries were actually pretty bad.
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168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.
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Daehawk wrote:168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.
Hint: Don't take lunch advice from LordMortis.
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Daehawk wrote:168 / 110 ...maybe I wont be around much longer.
Can I have your stuff?

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