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Genocet_10-325
10/20/18 12:58:34 AM
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Its an acronym. When people say "go read the FAQ" do you imagine them saying it like "go read the fak"
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tamashiini
10/20/18 12:59:12 AM
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Yes
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Dunsworthy
10/20/18 12:59:49 AM
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Because it's the best way to say it
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Jonestown
10/20/18 1:00:09 AM
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choosy kids post .gifs
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Ricemills
10/20/18 1:02:41 AM
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Jonestown posted...
choosy kids post .gifs


you mean dot gee I effs.
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SweetieBelle462
10/20/18 1:02:55 AM
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Genocet_10-325
10/20/18 1:04:39 AM
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Acronyms should not be pronounced as words, with a few rare exceptions like scuba that most people dont even realize is an acronym.
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ImmatureContent
10/20/18 1:06:56 AM
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This topic must have been thought up by the minds at NASA.
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DarkTransient
10/20/18 1:08:17 AM
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I pronounce it almost like "game fuck yous".
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Questionmarktarius
10/20/18 1:11:07 AM
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it's not French?

"gah-may-fah" has been a lie this whole time?
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Sanga Vailo
10/20/18 1:13:19 AM
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Its pronounced game fah-qwahs and Ill fight anyone who challenges me
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OwlRammer
10/20/18 1:14:23 AM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its an acronym. When people say "go read the FAQ" do you imagine them saying it like "go read the fak"

yes because thats how the yactually do say it
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Questionmarktarius
10/20/18 1:15:31 AM
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...the hell purpose does Q even serve in English, anyway?
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ModLogic
10/20/18 1:17:49 AM
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HylianFox
10/20/18 1:18:54 AM
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Ricemills posted...
Jonestown posted...
choosy kids post .gifs


you mean dot gee I effs.

I actually do say "gee eye effs" because people can't come to an agreement on whether it is "giffs" or "jiffs"
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Carlbertomfg
10/20/18 1:52:33 AM
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DarkTransient posted...
I pronounce it almost like "game fuck yous".

This is the very best way.
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QwelzaarKane
10/20/18 1:54:04 AM
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It's game-FWAKS
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DarkTransient
10/20/18 1:55:53 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
...the hell purpose does Q even serve in English, anyway?


It's a remnant from a time where English pronunciation was a bit more complex than it is now - and for that matter, words were actually pronounced like they were spelt.

Languages evolve over time, and while that happened exactly as expected with English pronunciation, elitists have never allowed the spelling to catch up for the most part. The minor changes that came with American English are pretty much the limit of the extent of attempts to update it. (Many - though far from all - other languages have indeed updated their written language to reflect modern pronunciation. In some cases, there are a few artifacts of the older writing still.)
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DarkTransient
10/20/18 2:09:58 AM
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HylianFox posted...
Ricemills posted...
Jonestown posted...
choosy kids post .gifs


you mean dot gee I effs.

I actually do say "gee eye effs" because people can't come to an agreement on whether it is "giffs" or "jiffs"


It's "jiff", as in "jraphics interchange format".
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southcoast09
10/20/18 2:14:55 AM
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I believe we agree for the second or third time.
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Thunder_Armor
10/20/18 2:27:38 AM
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Because game-eff-ay-kyews is too many syllables.
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RiderofHogs
10/20/18 2:32:12 AM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its an acronym. When people say "go read the FAQ" do you imagine them saying it like "go read the fak"

So is GIF but we say it anyways
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HylianFox
10/20/18 2:59:04 AM
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DarkTransient posted...
Many - though far from all - other languages have indeed updated their written language to reflect modern pronunciation.

If we wrote everything phonetically it would be pretty weird.

even the word "phonetically" would be more like "funehtikuhlee"
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josifrees
10/20/18 3:02:48 AM
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Gamefaws
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QwelzaarKane
10/20/18 4:02:26 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Ricemills posted...
Jonestown posted...
choosy kids post .gifs


you mean dot gee I effs.

I actually do say "gee eye effs" because people can't come to an agreement on whether it is "giffs" or "jiffs"


The creator of .gif says it is the latter pronunciation. People are just stubborn because they've been saying it wrong.
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SaithSayer
10/20/18 4:04:02 PM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Acronyms should not be pronounced as words, with a few rare exceptions like scuba that most people dont even realize is an acronym.

An acronym is when you can pronounce it. Otherwise it's an initialism.
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DaemMkIV7
10/20/18 4:09:09 PM
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I bet back then if you post gamefaks you would be modded.
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littlebro07
10/20/18 4:15:51 PM
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catboy0_0
10/20/18 4:38:41 PM
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I say faks, but I don't give a fuck if people say eff-ay-kews
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SSJCAT
10/20/18 4:49:17 PM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its an acronym. When people say "go read the FAQ" do you imagine them saying it like "go read the fak"

an acronym by its definition makes a new word, like nasa as mentioned earlier.

what youre referring to is just initialism, like fbi or cia.

i think faq is an acronym
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TrevorBlack79
10/20/18 4:50:53 PM
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Because that's how FAQ is pronounced.
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Medussa
10/20/18 4:51:56 PM
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of course it's pronounced. otherwise, "Go FAQ yourself" won't work.
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YookaLaylee
10/20/18 4:52:14 PM
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Dunsworthy posted...
Because it's the best way to say it

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SageHarpuiaHX
10/20/18 4:52:16 PM
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Yeah why don't they say go read the f-ah-kweh
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masticatingman
10/20/18 4:54:06 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQs, have been a thing way before GameFAQs. Its like ANSI standards. Thats an acronym but you dont literally spell out A-N-S-I when you say it in a sentence.
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Turbam
10/20/18 4:56:28 PM
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Imagine not saying it as Game Frequently Asked Questions
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este914
10/20/18 5:02:29 PM
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FAQ U man
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CM_Ponch
10/20/18 5:18:05 PM
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QwelzaarKane posted...
The creator of .gif says it is the latter pronunciation. People are just stubborn because they've been saying it wrong.

He is wrong
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YookaLaylee
10/20/18 5:18:41 PM
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CM_Ponch posted...
QwelzaarKane posted...
The creator of .gif says it is the latter pronunciation. People are just stubborn because they've been saying it wrong.

He is wrong

No u
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QwelzaarKane
10/20/18 7:37:08 PM
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CM_Ponch posted...
QwelzaarKane posted...
The creator of .gif says it is the latter pronunciation. People are just stubborn because they've been saying it wrong.

He is wrong


The hard G sounds weird.
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HylianFox
10/20/18 7:42:32 PM
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CM_Ponch posted...
QwelzaarKane posted...
The creator of .gif says it is the latter pronunciation. People are just stubborn because they've been saying it wrong.

He is wrong

Yep. Just because someone created it doesn't mean they're right.

I mean look at God and his whole "it is good" thing after creating the universe, what was he smoking?
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LordMarshal
10/20/18 7:46:06 PM
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And pokemon should be poh KAY mon but thatll never happen.
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MacDaMurderer
10/20/18 7:52:59 PM
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Game fax dead ass
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Veggeta X
10/21/18 11:16:42 PM
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The early days of message boards and forums were horrible filled with turbonerds.

If you guys thought the grammar police and turbonerds are bad today, they were literally 10x worse back then. I remember I met a dude on GameFAQs who hated acronyms and shortened words. I think it was an RPG board and I used POW for Power, MAG for Magic and LVL for level and so forth. This turbonerd dude came in going crazy about how I'm a lazy person by not wanting to spell out the whole words and used sloppy typing instead. I told him to chill, that it was not a big deal and that even the game itself used shortened words like that. The dude went on about how it's only two more letters to type to get the full words so why was I so dumb and low in IQ that I was not able to type it. It was fucking awful. I asked him what websight was we on and he said GameFAQs and I said WRONG we are on Game FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS spell it all out you lazy bum. Check mated that nerd.

Now a days slangs and sloppy typing is very well accepted which is a very good thing and turbonerds are heavily condemned these days.
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hockeybub89
10/21/18 11:19:31 PM
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InTheEyesOfFire
10/21/18 11:27:36 PM
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The correct way is Guy Fawkes.
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Anteaterking
10/21/18 11:31:40 PM
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SaithSayer posted...
An acronym is when you can pronounce it. Otherwise it's an initialism.

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KLouD_KoNNeCteD
10/21/18 11:42:17 PM
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@ModLogic posted...
i thought it was a weird looking G this whole time

What you did there, I saw it and I lol'd.
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