It's pronounced however the masses pronounce it. Language is fluid things evolve. If everyone says GIF, it's GIF.
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Seriously. I will not conflate an image format with a brand of peanut butter.
I gust hate how jif sounds. The hard G sounds proper.
Warren in a top hat & cravat.
I am going to counter this by pronouncing jpeg as „jay pej“
The good old Jraphics Interchange Format.
Hang on, I can never find it when it's relevant. Where's that gif of the giraffes passing pictures back and forth?
It turns out it was really easy this time:
Can't upload, too wide.
Here's this godawful url, good luck to everybody's clients:
Gif of two giraffes passing an image back and forth
Text over the gif reads:
It's pronounced "JIF" because it stands for Giraffic Interchange Format
(Paraphrase brought to you by my very short short-term memory)
The fact they have to spell the "correct" way with a J is hilarious to me
It's provides less ambiguity for English speakers.
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Some speakers pronounce GIF as an initialism rather than an acronym, producing /dʒiː aɪ ɛf/.
Monsters.
The same people say "bone apple tea", "irregardless", "supposably", etc., no doubt.
It is both. There is room in this world for two pronunciations of words.
Never expected to see enlightened centrism show up in the GIF/JIF conflict.
It is etymology, rather than nerd bullying for who's correct about a false dichotomy.
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Ah shit, here we jo ajain.
Sorry, but JIF was already taken by a brand of peanutbutter for almost 30 years before the Graphics Interchange Format was created.
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Let's ask Jod what he thinks.
gif as 'n gift, so it in fact das werk dat wae!!
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