GIF vs JIF
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- ribit0
I propose a southern-African tongue-clicking sound to replace the G.
- GeorgesIV0
- It's a Jif GIF.elahon
- lol @ elahonmeffid
- Haha great reddit post!
I was like no way that's not jif... Oh.. Cheeky!Hombre_Lobo
- OSFA0
Fuck that!
It is GIF. Carry on...
- randommail0
also, JPEG is simply pronounced "PEG".
the J is silent.
- cannonball19780
Gee Aye Eff
- boobs0
I just say PING!
- instrmntl0
Since when does Graphics sounds like Jraphics? The creator is a filthy pig fucker!
- dbloc0
WOW! It's settled then
The creators of the format pronounced GIF with a soft "G" /ˈdʒɪf/ as in "gin". An alternative pronunciation with a hard "G" /ˈɡɪf/ as in "graphics", reflecting the expanded acronym, is in common usage. Both pronunciations are acknowledged by the Oxford English Dictionary[5] and the American Heritage Dictionary.[6]
- jtb260
This will never be settled.
It's like abortion.
- Krassy0
- hahahahaMiguex
- "you didn't miss my face last night you fucker...."see_thru
- HahahaHombre_Lobo
- randommail0
I bet he's republican.
- i_monk0
If the G in GIF is pronounced as a J (instead of the g in 'graphic'), then the F is pronounced as a Z because why the fuck not?
- vaxorcist0
in the 90's, I worked at a tech startup where there were all these big ego baby boomer execs who wanted to make $$ off this internet thing, but hadn't a clue... we techies agreed to say "gif" on the odd days of the month and "jif" on the even days of the month just for fun and solidarity...
... the startup went belly up before the execs figured out the gif vs jif thing.... but they were very confused and not willing to ask, as it would make them look.. uh.. confused... which they were trying to avoid looking clueless....