How To Say These 10 Words Without Embarrassing Yourself
The SAYS content team woke up one morning to the news of Steve Wilhite (father of the Graphics Interchange Format) ending a heated debate on the correct pronunciation of the word "GIF" at the 2013 Webby Awards. That got us thinking about all the other words we were (probably) pronouncing wrongly, including everything from "meme" to "imgur." How have you been pronouncing these words?
By Melody Oei — 23 May 2013, 11:01 AM — Updated almost 11 years ago
1. To kick this off, "mispronunciation" is pronounced "mis-pro-NUN-see-ay-shun"
There is a list of commonly mispronounced words in the English language: "mispronunciation" is pronounced "mis-pro-nun-see-ay-shun," not "mis-pro-nown-see-ay-shun."
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2. How do you pronounce "meme"?
A "meme" is a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or social idea. A meme (rhymes with "team") behaves like a flu or a cold virus, traveling from person to person quickly, but transmitting an idea instead of a lifeform.
3. How do you pronounce "gif"?
Steve Wilhite, father of the Graphics Interchange Format, ended the heated debate on how to pronounce "gif" at the Webby Awards 2013, "It's pronounced JIF, not GIF," read his acceptance speech.
Image via mshcdn.comSteve Wilhite, father of the Graphics Interchange Format, ended the heated debate on how to pronounce "gif" at the Webby Awards 2013, "It's pronounced JIF, not GIF," read his acceptance speech.
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5. How do you pronounce "favicon"?
A favicon or Favorites Icon is a small graphic that is associated with a page or Web site. The favicon allows the Web developer to customize the site in the Web browser, both in the tab bar that is displayed in many browsers as well as in the bookmarks when a site is saved.
6. The SAYS team contacted Bitly directly to get the accurate pronunciation of "bit.ly." Here's the response we received:
How do people pronounce “bit.ly”? "Bit dot lay"? "Bitlay"? "Bit-lie"?
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Bitly is an easy way to save, share and discover links from around the web. It also powers more than 10,000 custom short URLs and offers an enterprise analytics platform that helps web publishers and brands grow their social media traffic.
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7. How do you pronounce "PNG"?
"PNG" is always spelled “PNG” (or “Portable Network Graphics”) and always pronounced “ping” in English, not “pinj” or “pee en gee” or any other multi-syllabic disaster. (For non-English speakers, the three-letter pronunciation is fine, however.)
sfu.caAccording to 7th Floor Media of Simon Fraser University (Canada), the developers of the .png format, in their format specification documentation declares that "png" is pronounced "ping," not "pee-en-gee."
sfu.caA PNG file (pronounced ping) is a file format for pictures that, for many webmasters and web developers, has replaced the GIF file format. A PNG file can support millions of colors while maintaining a relatively small file size.
8. How do you pronounce "Adobe"?
"Adobe" is pronounced "uh-doe-bee," with "uh" rhyming with "duh."
pronouncenames.comAdobe Systems Incorporated is an American multinational computer software company headquartered in California, US. The company is historically focused on the creation of multimedia and creativity software products.
adobe.com9. How do you pronounce "vlog"?
A video blog or video log is a form of blog for which the medium is video, and is a form of web television. Entries often combine embedded video or a video links with supporting text, images and other metadata. "Vlog" is pronounced as it is, in one syllable.
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10. How do you pronounce "cache"?
Cache is a high-speed access area that can be either a reserved section of main memory or a storage device. It is pronounced "cash."
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