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Taylor Majewski

Do you think it's pronounced "GIF or "JIF"?

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Shäz
Just two choices isn't enough... I actually prefer the non-controversial Swedish Chef pronunciation, "Yif". My grandfather came from Sweden, and old school muppets are awesome... current ad campaigns notwithstanding.
Abadesi
Contraversial! Someone told me the inventor of the term says 'jif' even though most folks use 'gif' and that really threw me. Up to that point I assumed it was a hard g at the front.
Abadesi
@rhs he is?! but how could the inventor of gif be anything less than a demiGod?! hehe
Abadesi
@rhs hahaha how have I never seen that? Thanks Russell!!
Jeremy Knedler
@abadesi @rhs Well he is clearly wrong! LOL ;) Just having to use a different spelling to explain it should be a clue that he made the wrong decision. Moving on, is it really Lady Ja Ja??? I've spent 20 years saying Gif and I'm not changing now.
Abadesi
@rhs @jeremy_knedler1 hahaha Lady Ja Ja 😂
David
*triggered*
Yoann Moinet
@zyqxd trijjered!
Julie Gauthier
It's "jif". When you invent your own file format, you get to decide what it's called.
Abadesi
@juliegauthier2 let's invent our own file format and make it start with a silent Q 😅
Rafael Ceja
I don't care what people say it's pronounced "gif"
Mark Rieck
I know it's pronounced JIF but I pronounce it GIF anyway
Mark Branly
Of course it's pronounced "JIF" because it's short for Giraffe-ics Interchange Format.
Ethan Frame
Don't care what the founder/creator/inventor says...it will always be GIF in my head.
Jonathan Yagel
What a jift to humanity
Matt Lintz
G is fro graphics not jraphics
Allan Revah
Is it GIPHY or JIFFY?
Claudio Weinstein (meATclaudioweinsteinC
Jif is peanut butter- Don't mess with peanut butter.
David Singer
Anyone who falls under the "hard g for graphics" reasoning better say "jay-feg" 😁 JIF forever!
Brian Price
@singer uh, you must mean, Jaypeg? Silly, person.
Paul Eiche
I am the only one on my team to pronounce it "jif"... and I will never give in.
Jonas Nobile
It's a short for Graphics Interchange Format. So it has to be hard-G. Also the Cambridge dictionary has hard-G. https://dictionary.cambridge.org...
Greg Battle: gbattle
"Graphics Interchange Format" - it's a hard "g" folks, not rocket science. "JIF" is a peanut butter brand, creamy or crunchy.
Sekhar Chandra
Many keyboards have been destroyed in about this very own issue. Perhaps, many more keyboard warriors spirits crushed recklessly...,
Nathan A. Cleveland
One wouldn’t say, “Be there in a giffy,” would one 😂
Redwulfe
I'm sticking with jif, so there...
Geoff Schaadt
All right thinking people who have been working in the tech industry since the late-80's/early-90's know that it's pronounced 'JIF'. Young Hotshot Code Monkey: "JUST ASK AROUND, EVERYONE AGREES IT PRONOUNCED 'GIF'!!" Me: "OK, Millennial"