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"instagib"

Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?

Seems to me that whether the word derives from "gibbet" or "giblet", it
should be a soft g. But everyone I've heard actually say the word uses a
hard g.

So which is it?

-Dan / :TsT:Tuber
 
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I use soft, like giblet. I don't know though.

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:31:49 GMT, Daniel Damouth wrote:

> "instagib"
>
> Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?
>
> Seems to me that whether the word derives from "gibbet" or "giblet", it
> should be a soft g. But everyone I've heard actually say the word uses a
> hard g.
>
> So which is it?
>
> -Dan / :TsT:Tuber

I'd pronounce it as "who cares?"

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# Mr K

> I'd pronounce it as "who cares?"

Thankyou for your valued contribution.

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Daniel Damouth <damouth@san.rr.com> wrote in
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> "instagib"
>
> Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?
>
> Seems to me that whether the word derives from "gibbet" or "giblet",
> it should be a soft g. But everyone I've heard actually say the word
> uses a hard g.

http://dict.die.net/gib/

Skip to the bottom of the page (past "shoe" and "slipper") for the relevant
entry.
 
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Daniel Damouth enlightened us with:
> "instagib"
>
> Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?

I pronounce it with a g as in "get", and from what I hear so do other
Dutch people. Then again, that might not be the right pronounciation :)

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The American Heritage Dictionary says:

gib: hard g, short i as the Gibb brothers of the Bee Gees.

It also defines it as a piece of wood in a wedge shape.


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> Daniel Damouth enlightened us with:
> > "instagib"
> >
> > Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?
>
> I pronounce it with a g as in "get", and from what I hear so do other
> Dutch people. Then again, that might not be the right pronounciation :)
>
> MeltDown
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On 27 Apr 2004 11:00:06 GMT, Toby Newman wrote:

> Thankyou for your valued contribution.

Anytime. Feel free to ask for help on any UT2K4 *problems* ("how do you
pronounce <word>" is not a problem as far as I know. YMMV).

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Mr K wrote:
>
> Anytime. Feel free to ask for help on any UT2K4 *problems* ("how do
> you pronounce <word>" is not a problem as far as I know. YMMV).


On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 Mr K wrote:
>
> Then killfile the offending threads. It's as simple as that.

😛

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:36:55 -0500, "Randy" <randy1640@cox.net> wrote:

>The American Heritage Dictionary says:
>
>gib: hard g, short i as the Gibb brothers of the Bee Gees.
>
>It also defines it as a piece of wood in a wedge shape.

But as it doesn't define the word in this context, it can't be relied
on for the correct pronunciation.
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"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > But as it doesn't define
the word in this context, it can't be relied
> on for the correct pronunciation.

lol....so true.
 
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"Mr K" <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Anytime. Feel free to ask for help on any UT2K4 *problems* ("how do you
> pronounce <word>" is not a problem as far as I know. YMMV).

Surely then, by definition, not your problem either - killfile the guy -
stop bitching :)

k
 
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Mr K wrote:
> Anytime. Feel free to ask for help on any UT2K4 *problems* ("how do
> you pronounce <word>" is not a problem as far as I know. YMMV).

Since when is this the alt.games.unreal.tournament2003.problems newsgroup? I
must have missed that particular name change.

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:21:04 GMT, "Oenone" <Oenone@nospam.com> wrote:

>Mr K wrote:
>> Anytime. Feel free to ask for help on any UT2K4 *problems* ("how do
>> you pronounce <word>" is not a problem as far as I know. YMMV).
>
>Since when is this the alt.games.unreal.tournament2003.problems newsgroup? I
>must have missed that particular name change.

Speaking of that, I've been playing this evening and all the sudden it
says "Black Monkey!" every so often. What's up with that?

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It is not "black monkey" it's "FLAK monkey" happens when you do a certain
of kills in a row with the...flak!

HellSpawn

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> Speaking of that, I've been playing this evening and all the sudden it
> says "Black Monkey!" every so often. What's up with that?
>
> --
> Everything I believe could be wrong.
>




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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:31:49 GMT, Daniel Damouth <damouth@san.rr.com>
wrote:

>"instagib"
>
>Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?
>
>Seems to me that whether the word derives from "gibbet" or "giblet", it
>should be a soft g. But everyone I've heard actually say the word uses a
>hard g.
>
>So which is it?
>
>-Dan / :TsT:Tuber


July 1997

American McGee made the following two plan updates (the more recent is
above the older one) regarding how to actually pronounce the word (Gib
with a G or a J sound). According to id and the source of where they
got the word, it is Gib with a J sound. Here's the plannage to prove
it all.

American first said about the subject:

As far as I know, the word "Gib" was invented here at id during the
DOOM days. At first it was how we referred to the little chunks of
meat that we left laying around the level in order to add atmosphere
to a level. The editor included all types of "Gib". The editor
entities were created by John Carmack and John Romero. I am pretty
sure that Romero was the inventor of the word, and I know for a fact
that he (and everyone else at id) pronounces it "Jib", not "Gib".

When Christian started working here he would say "Gib". After much
beating and torture I have convinced him that he was wrong. If you
find yourself having a hard time saying "Jib" then please whack
yourself in the head a few times and try again.

American added this later:

**Ugrent update to the Gib-Jib Debate**

The TRUE inventor of the word "Gib" turns out to be Adrian Carmack,
who explains as follows:

"Gib is short for gibblet. Gibblets are guts of a chicken. I first
heard a friend of mine use the term. Once I started working at id, I
would call the guts I drew "gibs"."





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JC enlightened us with:
> It is not "black monkey" it's "FLAK monkey" happens when you do a
> certain of kills in a row with the...flak!

JC, your sense of humor can't cease to amaze me :)

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Simple minds are easily amused, and since in this case there no humor...

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> JC enlightened us with:
> > It is not "black monkey" it's "FLAK monkey" happens when you do a
> > certain of kills in a row with the...flak!
>
> JC, your sense of humor can't cease to amaze me :)
>
> MeltDown
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i thought the word "gibs"(refering to all the guts and stuff dispersed upon
death),was an abreviation of giblets,in which the phonetic pronunciation
would be "jibs".

damyjuk


"Apathy" <apathy@NOSPAMp0rn0finish.org> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:31:49 GMT, Daniel Damouth <damouth@san.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> >"instagib"
> >
> >Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?
> >
> >Seems to me that whether the word derives from "gibbet" or "giblet", it
> >should be a soft g. But everyone I've heard actually say the word uses a
> >hard g.
> >
> >So which is it?
> >
> >-Dan / :TsT:Tuber
>
>
> July 1997
>
> American McGee made the following two plan updates (the more recent is
> above the older one) regarding how to actually pronounce the word (Gib
> with a G or a J sound). According to id and the source of where they
> got the word, it is Gib with a J sound. Here's the plannage to prove
> it all.
>
> American first said about the subject:
>
> As far as I know, the word "Gib" was invented here at id during the
> DOOM days. At first it was how we referred to the little chunks of
> meat that we left laying around the level in order to add atmosphere
> to a level. The editor included all types of "Gib". The editor
> entities were created by John Carmack and John Romero. I am pretty
> sure that Romero was the inventor of the word, and I know for a fact
> that he (and everyone else at id) pronounces it "Jib", not "Gib".
>
> When Christian started working here he would say "Gib". After much
> beating and torture I have convinced him that he was wrong. If you
> find yourself having a hard time saying "Jib" then please whack
> yourself in the head a few times and try again.
>
> American added this later:
>
> **Ugrent update to the Gib-Jib Debate**
>
> The TRUE inventor of the word "Gib" turns out to be Adrian Carmack,
> who explains as follows:
>
> "Gib is short for gibblet. Gibblets are guts of a chicken. I first
> heard a friend of mine use the term. Once I started working at id, I
> would call the guts I drew "gibs"."
>
>
>
>
>
> Apathy[AGQx]
> Scientia Est Potentia >>======>
> Illiterate? Write here for help:
> http://www.p0rn0finish.org
 
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Hey mindless boy, did you read the post I was replying to ??
Did you ? You have no context and come in here with your usual smart ass
comments, no wonder so many people are sick tired of you in here !!

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> JC enlightened us with:
> > [...] in this case there no humor...
>
> My point exactly, thank you oh great humorless one.
>
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JC wrote:

Whoosh

> Hey mindless boy, did you read the post I was replying to ??

Yes and it was a joke post

> Did you ?

YES

> You have no context and come in here with your usual smart ass
> comments, no wonder so many people are sick tired of you in here !!

Yes he does, it was a joke post that you didn't get and he did. You
displayed no humour in your reply.
You'll have to go back to the beginings of the group if you want to
understand the joke.

HTH

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"Daniel Damouth" <damouth@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "instagib"
>
> Hard g or soft? I.e., gib as in gill or jill?

As in Jill.

> Seems to me that whether the word derives from "gibbet" or "giblet",
it
> should be a soft g. But everyone I've heard actually say the word
uses a
> hard g.

Derived from "instant giblets" so soft g would be accurate.


> So which is it?
>
> -Dan / :TsT:Tuber
 
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On Tue, 04 May 2004 22:07:37 -0400, "Christopher A. Shamis"
<cshamis0@woh.rr.com> wrote:

>If it did derive from gibbet or giblet, then it makes no sense.

Read Apathy's reply, its based on giblet (soft g) and does make sense.
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Andrew wrote:
> On Tue, 04 May 2004 22:07:37 -0400, "Christopher A. Shamis"
> <cshamis0@woh.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> If it did derive from gibbet or giblet, then it makes no sense.
>
> Read Apathy's reply, its based on giblet (soft g) and does make sense.

I believe a soft g is correct, but I just think a hard g sounds better, and
I've said it that way from the start...

Martin
 
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