'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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I will not budge.
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I've always pronounced it "jif," and have known that the creators of the file type intended for it to be pronounced that way for years.
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Well, perhaps he should have named it .jif he is that butthurt.
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But how will people know if I am talking about gifs or peanut butter then!?!
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I think it's a little late for it to be properly changed by now.
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If you don't want your word to be pronounced a certain way, then don't spell it so it can be pronounced that way.
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The rule of majority dictates the pronunciation.
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Feels good to be right.
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Welp, not only is he late, but his own word had received its own pronunciation. Amazing, and I'll still call it gif. If he wanted it to be '.jif' then he should've spelled it that way.
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I've always pronounced it "jif". Huh, I didn't even think to pronounce it with a hard G. Question, why would you pronounce it with a hard G?
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Edited by Uberdawg: 5/22/2013 8:19:44 PMAlways-said-jif master race.
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You mean that wasn't common knowledge?
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I honestly feel comfortable with this change.
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Huh, I always pronounced it G-I-F.
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I for one, welcome our new jif overlords.
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I've always pronounced it that way trollface.pngjpegswfgif
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I don't care what he says. Even though he created it, it doesn't make him an expert!
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And here my friends always gave me crap for saying it that way... wait 'til I show them this.
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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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I've always pronounced it as jif.
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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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That's how I always pronounced it.
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everyone who claims to pronounce it jif all along is lying.
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I thought everyone knew this.
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Suck it!
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It's a word... Shakespear just made shit up, I'm not changing it to Jiff peanut butter.