My face when I learned that "imgur" was pronounced "image-er" rather than "im-grr".

jzimbert · 2 months

I don't care how they choose to pronounce it. If they spell it with only two vowels, I'm going to pronounce it with only two vowels.

BriskSC · 2 months

I'm still going to pronounce it im-grr.. I don't give a fuck.

ReyTheRed · 2 months

Screw that. I shall pronounce it however I damn well please.

todenyyrgoal · 2 months

TIL: Majority of redditors are freaks about grammar and pronunciation until a majority of them fail to properly pronounce something. Then they just don't give a "flying fuck".

tokeyoh · 2 months

i thought it was ihm-jer

Soonermandan · 2 months

I call it "Image U R".

SanJose_Sharks · 2 months

Most people call it "imgur".

H3llo_People · 2 months

Yeah, like I actually have people to talk to.. Psssh.

Buscat · 2 months

imm-jurr.

Anticitizen-Zero · 2 months

I assumed it was pronounced "imager" because it's a website that hosts images.

I really don't know what an "im-grr" is.

[deleted] · 2 months

I always pronounced it im-gur

Jckruz · 2 months

Im-grr for life!

HiyaGeorgie · 2 months

They host Gifs and Jifs there as well.

oatmealdestroyer · 2 months

The past few months have been a lie to me.

LizYellowSourFruit · 2 months

Did you know meme is "meeem"

7_legged_spider · 2 months

Im-Rawr

Jewtheist · 2 months

The first time I read The Hobbit, I read Bilbo's name as "Bib-lo" for the whole book.

10tothe24th · 2 months

If you wanted people to pronounce your company's name correctly, you should have spelled it phonetically.

DarthSokka · 2 months

http://www.imgur.com/AzPpA.jpg

Tyranichomp · 2 months

LIES!!!!!!!!

tahez · 2 months

Jokes on them, I pronounce it "image-grr".

ThickRedWine · 2 months

I made the same face while reading the title....

BrandoGil · 2 months

ER MAH GERD!

IM GUR

420BlazingButterflie · 2 months

I'm going to go cry in a corner now.

Lington · 2 months

I've always pronounced it image-er, just because it was easier to say. Never was sure what was right

ManInTheMirage · 2 months

Image-er? They're missing a vowel for that.

EmpyralT · 2 months

I'm sorry, but I pronounced it like that every since I first saw it and I didn't give a flying fuck if it was wrong... it just felt right.

Lorinefairy · 2 months

Wait, isn't it "im-grr?" On April Fool's Day they made it im-giraffe themed..wouldn't that have been a pun on the name?

lizzzard01 · 2 months

I still need someone to tell me wether "4chan" is supposed to be pronounced as "four-chan"(like Jackie chan) or "fortune". I feel like an idiot not knowing.

imacyclops · 2 months

Baby carrots are just regular carrots that have been cut into adorable tiny carrots.

FMM08 · 2 months

Wa... wait... wh... what? EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE!

Suggested · 2 months

do the creators call it that or something? how do you know?

PotConnoisseur · 2 months

This thread reminds me of this...

forceuser · 2 months

I still read it as "Image your"

goodadvice00 · 2 months

am i really the only one who pronounces it eye-em-gee-you-are

i-m-g-u-r

imgur

coffeegurl · 2 months

I thought memes where pronounced me-mes...until my sister called me out! Felt like I had been lied to by my brain! It was fun making roadrunner sounds every time I saw a meme. Now it's not.

SGTSHOOTnMISS · 2 months

Ah, I was way off, I was thinking they were running for something like "Image Guru" but didn't want to put it shortened as "Imggur", simply removing a "g"

I still will continue to pronounce it as what everyone else has because it is how you read it.

vision4bg · 2 months

My downvoted comment to MrGrim when he launched it. http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_to_reddit_i_created_an_image_hosting/c07uc91

Saint_drums_n_stuff · 2 months

Forever calling it im-grr. Zero fucks.

StrychnineSteve-O · 2 months

The grammar nazi in me wants to keep pronouncing it im-grr but after how hard I laughed, I may reconsider. Ah, inner conflictions, how you keep me up at night.

ChrisTex · 2 months

"Er-mah-ger!"

Kcry · 2 months

I always thought of it as, Image You Are

GreenyGaming · 2 months

My take on the pronounciation is EEM-GHUR

ZeekySantos · 2 months

I always thought it was "Im-Gur". Fuck their stupid word.

Dravved · 2 months

I thought it was "Im-jur"...

epepepturbo · 2 months

"Im-jur." There is no "a." Imagur. Imgur. Personally, I call it "icky icky icky zapoing." Either that or "Jesus Christ, AGAIN? FUCK IT!!!"

Phoequinox · 2 months

TIL I've been pronouncing it correctly all along.

FloWolFs · 2 months

I explained this to my GF the other day. The End no punch line.

dazmond · 2 months

Using -ur instead of -er very strongly implies a hard g, especially since there's no other apparent reason for it.

IrakNbakNbak · 2 months

IM GUR DAMMIT!!!

It is like that Tom Hank's movie where the group wanted to be the ONEDERS and have people pronounce it the WONDERS, but everyone said OH NEED ERS.

You can't just say something is pronounced one way if everyone pronounces it another, language doesn't work that way!

soldierofbordom · 2 months

yanno, just fucked the past 2 years of surfing that site...sticking with im-grr anyway. ez on the tongue to say it

B0ldly_Going_N0where · 2 months

It is and forever will be im-grr.

[deleted] · 2 months

I always pronounced it I-M-GR.....

notrightmeow · 2 months

Nope, I'm going to pronounce it "im-grr."

Insert deal with it gif and we've got a badass meme here.

crispinito · 2 months

It has been too long of an exposure. The im-grr is too strong in me to change it now.

Tebasaki · 2 months

Im- grr and meh-meh all the way baby.

megustameme · 2 months

MY WHOLE LIFE IS A LIE!

Woolybear96 · 2 months

I'm still gonna pronounce it imm-grr.

gumby_arobics · 2 months

am i the only one around here who has always pronounced it "image-er?"

disharmonia · 2 months

...you pronounced it 'im-grr'? 0_o

I dunno. It was immediately apparent to me upon encountering it for the first time that it's meant to be pronounced 'imager'

Maybe it comes from doing HTML. When I say 'img src' outloud I say 'image source', not 'imj srs'. So to me, 'img' immediately parses as 'image' when reading.

akakaze · 2 months

For some reason I have alwasy spelled it, even in my mind: it's pronounced "I-am-gee-you-are."

CaveExplorer · 2 months

I'm not going to change.

IEatPierogiesForever · 2 months

Wait. Wait. Seriously, guys? An image sharing site called imgur with a hard g? Seriously?

I'd take im-jrr, fine, but im-grr? I am seriously mindblown at how/why so many people didn't consider the context here. I SERIOUSLY DON'T EVEN

nix-xon · 2 months

BUT, I'M GIR!

i_start_fires · 2 months

Either you pronounce it im-gur or you're wrong

treydestepheno · 2 months

fuck that shit! there's no A in imgur!! fuck them all in the ass with a dray cactus!!

Slimjim0617 · 2 months

A website that hosts images, and people call it "im-gurr"...

thatguy73 · 2 months

It's pronounced "imjer" case closed!

benton907 · 2 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXlZ6edCHqI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

kenzsmith123 · 2 months

just figured this one out myself

idontnoah · 2 months

I haven't ever said it out loud nor plan on it so I couldn't care less.

filya · 2 months

It's not "I am goor"??

MrBoog · 2 months

So, completely expressionless?

Yitvan · 2 months

That will be my face if anyone expects me to change my pronunciation of these things

SuperBeast4721 · 2 months

Wait. It's pronounced that!?

SoggyDonuts · 2 months

I always pronounced it as "image girl."

I thought it was an abbreviation.

pacificskydiver · 2 months

I've been pronouncing it "image-gur" this whole time. The fuck.

Terminzman · 2 months

Is it 9gag or 9gage like game?

gregthewhat · 2 months

I thought it was Imag-gwer (only one G sound)

todenyyrgoal · 2 months

I always had that right but for some reason I still can't wrap my head around the pronunciation of meme.

lizzzard01 · 2 months

I always pronounced it as "Im-jir"

moniemonie · 2 months

Im-goor, (rhyming with im-lure)

Pikathunda · 2 months

I know the feeling....

ab103630 · 2 months

IT IS????

Taylor1018 · 2 months

then they should put something between the M and the G. and do you pronounce it L-O-L cats, or lawl cats?

pawws · 2 months

This should go on /r/TIL

[deleted] · 2 months

THE FUCK?!

domrein · 2 months

Now you've ruined it.

ZrftBn · 2 months

I never said the word before, but I always heard it in my mind as im-grr.

AbCynthia956 · 2 months

Says who?

tehpatriarch · 2 months

I reject your reality, and substitute my own.

Fiercekiller · 2 months

I've heard tales of that website. I heard it used to work all the time.

ancan · 2 months

HOLY SHIT I FEEL STUPID

mrpbatista · 2 months

I REFUSE

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