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How Do You Pronounce Different File Types

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Dragoncat

Twilit wildcat: Aerofelis
A lot of pronunciation threads all over everywhere...led to me being bit by the curiosity bug, just copy my list and put in how you say it. I might have forgotten some, you can add those too.

Image
jpg/jpeg: jay peg
gif: gif(begins with g sound)
png: ping
bmp: bee em pee

Sound
wav: wave
mid: midd ee
ogg: ahgg(rhymes with dog)
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: ay vee
fla: flaw
wmv: whim vee

Text
doc: dock
rtf: are tee eff
txt: tixt(rhymes with fixed)

Interactive
swf: swiff
exe: ex ee(beginning sound rhymes with hex)
 

Ventus

Mad haters lmao
Joined
May 26, 2010
Location
Akkala
Gender
Hylian Champion
Image
jpg/jpeg: jay peg
gif: jif
png: ping
bmp: bee em pee / bimp

Sound
wav: wah vuh
mid: mid
ogg: ahgg(rhymes with dog)
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: ay vee eye
fla: ???
wmv: double YOO ehm VEE

Text
doc: dock
rtf: tf
txt: text

Interactive
swf: swuff
exe: ee ex ee
 

Big Octo

=^)
Joined
Jul 2, 2011
Location
The
.jpg - jay peg
.png - pee (tee-hee) en jee
.gif - jiff
.wav - wahv
.mid - mid ee
.ogg - ahg
.mp3 - I just say the letters and number
.avi - ay vee aye
.fla - eff el ay
.wmv - I just say the letters
.doc - dock
.rtf - Say the letters
.txt - tee ex tee (though sometimes I say text)
.swf - I say the letters
.exe - ee ex ee
 

Mellow Ezlo

Spoony Bard
Joined
Dec 2, 2012
Location
eh?
Gender
Slothkin
Image
jpg/jpeg: Jay-Peg
gif: Ghiff
png: Pee En Jee
bmp: Bee Em Pee

Sound
wav: Wave
mid: Mid
ogg: Oh Jee Jee (like, Oh, Gigi)
mp3: Em Pee Three

Video
avi: Ay Vee Eye
fla: Eff Ell Ay
wmv: Dubble Yoo Em Vee

Text
doc: Dock
rtf: Arr Tee Eff
txt: Text

Interactive
swf: swiff
exe: ex ee(beginning sound rhymes with hex)
 
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Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg, but good luck trying to list every file extension known to man, ahahaha. Sometimes I just call them what they are, some I pronounce, and some I just treat as acronyms. Oddly enough, I say .exe like it's an acronym when it's actually just an abbreviation for executable. Teehee. Either way, I added a few to the list down there, because I felt the need. *shrugs*

Images
jpg/jpeg: jay peg
gif: jiff (used to call it ghiff up until 2008)
png: pee enn jee
bmp: bitmap
tif/tiff: tiff

Audio
wav: wave
midi: mihdee
ogg: oh gee gee
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: ayy vigh
fla: eff ell ay
wmv: double you emm vee
mov: move
mpeg: em pegg

Text
doc: doc
rtf: are tee eff
txt: text

Interactive
swf: shockwave flash
exe: eee ex eee

Archived
rar: rawr
zip: zip
shs: scrap
tmp: temp

Typefaces
ttf: tee tee eff
otf: oh tee eff
fon: fawn
 
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BlitzPlum

That 3D Guy
Joined
May 25, 2013
Location
UK
Image
jpg/jpeg: jay peg
gif: jiff
png: png (I say it as it's spelt :P )
bmp: bmp or bitmap
dds: D.D.S
vtf: vtoof

Sound
wav: wave
mid: midd ee
ogg: ahgg(rhymes with dog)
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: A.V.I
fla: FLAAAAAA
wmv: wmv

Text
doc: dock
rtf: R.T.F
txt: txt

Interactive
swf: swoof
exe: E.X.E

3D Stuff
max: Max
ugh: Uuugghhhhh
fbx: F.B.X
obj: object
 

Violet Link

takumi was a mistake and so are the S supports
Joined
Feb 18, 2012
Location
insert fictional world
So yeah:

Image
jpg/jpeg: jay-pi-gee/jay-pi-ee-gee
gif: jiff/gif
png: pnig
bmp: be-mp

Sound
wav: wave
mid: mid
ogg: auhgg
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: ah-vee
fla: flaw
wmv: double u-em-vee

Text
doc: dock
rtf: are tee eff
txt: tee-ex-tee

Interactive
swf: swiff
exe: E.X.E
 

Azure Sage

March onward forever...
Staff member
ZD Legend
Comm. Coordinator
Image
jpg/jpeg: jay peg
gif: gif (with a hard G)
png: ping
bmp: bit map

Sound
wav: wahv
mid: mid
ogg: ogg
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: aa vee
fla: fla
wmv: whimv (the word whim with a V sound at the end)

Text
doc: document (yes, I say the whole word)
rtf: rift
txt: text

Interactive
swf: swiff
exe: exe (like the letter X with an "eh" sound at the end)
 
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Dan

Joined
Sep 19, 2011
Gender
V2 White Male
Image
jpg/jpeg: jay-peg
gif: gi-f
png: P.N.G
bmp: B.M.P

Sound
wav: wav
mid: mid
ogg: OOG
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: ah-vee-I
fla: flaw
wmv: double u-em-vee

Text
doc: dock
rtf: are tee eff
txt: tee-ex-tee

Interactive
swf: swiff
exe: E.X.E
 
Joined
Oct 16, 2011
Location
Ohio
Images
jpg/jpeg: jay peg
gif:ghiff (the maker is wrong)
png: p n g
bmp: b m p

Audio
wav: wave
midi: mihdee
mid: mid
ogg: o g g
mp3: m p 3

Video
avi: ah vy
wmv: w m v
mov: move
mpeg: m peg

Text
doc: doc
rtf: r t f
txt: text

Interactive
swf: shockwave flash
exe: e x e

Archived
rar: rawr
zip: zip
7z: 7 z
tmp: temp
 

CynicalSquid

Swag Master General
Joined
Aug 1, 2012
Location
The End
Gender
Apache Helicopter
Image
jpg/jpeg: jay peg
gif: gif(begins with g sound)
png: pee en gee
bmp: bee em pee

Sound
wav: wave
mid: mid
ogg: ahgg (rhymes with log)
mp3: em pee three

Video
avi: ay vee eye
fla: flaw
wmv: double u em vee

Text
doc: dock
rtf: are tee eff
txt: text

Interactive
swf: es double-u eff
exe: e ex e

Archived
rar: rawr
zip: zip
shs: es h es
tmp: tee em pee

Typefaces
ttf: tee tee eff
otf: oh tee eff
fon: fawn
 
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