'Gif' is pronounced 'jif'.
[quote]The creator of the Gif graphics format has said that his invention should be pronounced so it starts with a "j" rather than with a hard "g".
Steve Wilhite told the New York Times that he was "annoyed" there was still a debate over how to say the acronym.
He added that the Oxford English Dictionary was wrong to say it could be pronounced both ways.[/quote]
Well, shit.
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Still going to pronounce if [b]G[/b]if. Long hair don't care.
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I always pronounced it as the letters, like 'jee-eye-eff'.
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I kinda felt bad when I read this a month or 2 ago. No one would listen to the poor guy.
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The cake is a lie...
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Now I can't function properly
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Edited by Alphy : 6/21/2013 12:32:33 AMI say GIF both ways, however I use "jif" more often.
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Already knew this, got insulted and chastised for it anyways because people don't care and will still say it with a 'G'. Expect that to be the culmination of this topic.
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Honestly I have always pronounced it jif because I called it that when I was younger and couldn't get the "G" right. Lol
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Edited by die wily: 6/21/2013 12:18:36 AMi always pronounced it "JIFF" and i thought everyone else did as well. my life is a lie.
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I always say the individual letters.
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Graphics has a G sound. So Gif should have a G sound. If he wanted it to be a J sound, he should have picked a name that would have started with that sound: Giraffe Interchange Format.
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Gonna mispronounce JUST to spite him.
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Edited by Leukocyte: 6/21/2013 12:00:24 AMHe can suck it, I'm still going to call it GIF with a hard 'G'.
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Well, perhaps he should have named it .jif he is that butthurt.
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It's an acronym, not a real word. I can pronounce it however the -blam!- I want, thank you very much.
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It's a word... Shakespear just made shit up, I'm not changing it to Jiff peanut butter.
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The rule of majority dictates the pronunciation.
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everyone who claims to pronounce it jif all along is lying.
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Suck it!
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I thought everyone knew this.
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That's how I always pronounced it.
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I will and continue to pronounce it *Gh*if* all I want. He can cry me a river, I'll tape it and turn it into a .GIF (gh*if).
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I've always pronounced it as jif.
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I've been pronouncing it with a J for years. I usually "wtf'd" every time someone said it with a G. I was like "Gif?" That just sounds stupid, call it a jif.
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And here my friends always gave me crap for saying it that way... wait 'til I show them this.