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Different worlds? Okay. Still, I gotta see what I'm working with here since the last time I was in a place with people from whatever universe was at 1 AM at the coffee shop and everyone had the grand idea to suddenly order Neapolitan frappuccinos. So here's how I'm going to narrow down and categorize all of you for my sake.

First off, how do you pronounce GIF? With a 'g' or a 'j'

Answer carefully 😉😉😉

(and if you don't get it, don't worry about it, you just get sorted into the other category)

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"Dòng tú."

Why, how do you pronounce it? [Is he deliberately being a shithead? Oh, just a little bit <3]

I'm curious about this "Neapolitan" frappucino, though. Was it like the ice cream, with layers of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavoring in a suspension somehow, or something else? Because that actually sounds delicious.

[He kind of wants one now. Or maybe just some ice cream. Binghe! Put your boots on, we're going out for a midnight snack.]

[ Strictly speaking, Albert should be in the third category. But he's been privy to too many pointless arguments between certain teammates who will remain unnamed to not have an informed opinion.

Which is to say: ]

Is there an opt-out.

With a 'g', obviously.

[ Helly is not entirely sure what a GIF is, but she's not going to admit that. It has a 'g' in it, why would it be a 'j'? This is the kind of pointless debate she can get behind. ]

[Here's a voice she should recognize, in both intonation and enthusiasm (read: lack of.)]

Asking the ever-relevant questions as usual, it seems.

Edited 2023-06-16 13:28 (UTC)

pronouncing it with a j is a red flag, right?

[ Hello, have a ridiculously soft and rumbling ASMR voice: ]

Will you define it? Or does that have little to do with the correct answer?

With a 'g' - it's not jraphics interchange format.

[ If he knew who Stephen Wilhite was he'd say the man could eat his socks, but, alas, comp sci history isn't his interest. ]

Christ, is starting a war really the thing to do when we've all been kidnapped?

With a 'g' sound is the way it was intended to be pronounced, I think.

Were the frappuccinos good?

so uh. what, you work at like a.. like a nexus point between realities? a multiversal coffee shop???

If you wanted to start a fight that badly you could have just punched someone

What is the other category?

What even is a GIF... Come on, this isn't fair for those who don't know these things.

Also, frappucinos? Those what they call fancy coffees where you're from?

[ Oh, no. Another coffee fan. Chesed is absolutely not hearing about this from her. Ever. She'll have to threaten Roland to keep his damn mouth shut too. ]

Put me in whatever category you want
not important

[ Okay, killjoy. ]

( how i had to go doublecheck japanese pronunciation for this )

G!
What's a Neapolitan frappuccino? That sounds soooo tasty ♪

Stephen Wilhite, who first created the format in 1987, instructed that the "g" in gif is soft, as in "jif".

I'm happy to go along with the majority in pronouncing it with a hard g if that makes it easier.

Neapolitan frappuccino?
Like the ice cream?

what's a GIF?

It would be a G, wouldn't it?
Since it starts with one.

[ are they called GIFs, specifically, where he's from? don't ask me, but the answer is Right There for him anyway. ]

And... I'm not sure if I read your post right...
Was that other universes coming to you in a coffee shop an actual thing that happened?
It's hard to tell with text, but you wrote it so casually...

[ that's like, kind of familiar? and also not? not sinclair just completely shrugging off the question of the century "gif vs jif" for something as inconsequential as the MULTIVERSE, please. ]

Greetings Midnightespresso,

I offer my answer, though it doesn't require much consideration simply because it's neither way. I've never had to pronounce that word. As far as I am aware we don't have those where I am from. Although I am sure that I am not the first person who has never come across that term previously. However, if you have the time would you care to explain what a GIF is? Also what those Neapolitan frappuccinos are?

Edited (iahgaolgh a) 2023-06-19 01:50 (UTC)

is there any other real choice rather than a 'g'? (´꒳`)

ah but go back to the coffee story though! 'last time?'

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