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

    Taylor Majewski
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    Jeremy Knedler
    Well since it stands for Graphics Interchange Format I would have to assume the "G" would be pronounces that same way as the "G" in the root word Graphics. It's not Jraphics. so...
    Abadesi
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    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
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    @rhs he is?! but how could the inventor of gif be anything less than a demiGod?! hehe
    Abadesi
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    @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
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    @rhs @jeremy_knedler1 hahaha Lady Ja Ja 😂
    Rafael Ceja
    I don't care what people say it's pronounced "gif"
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    David
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    *triggered*
    Mark Rieck
    I know it's pronounced JIF but I pronounce it GIF anyway
    Ethan Frame
    Don't care what the founder/creator/inventor says...it will always be GIF in my head.
    Julie Gauthier
    It's "jif". When you invent your own file format, you get to decide what it's called.
    Abadesi
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    @juliegauthier2 let's invent our own file format and make it start with a silent Q 😅
    Sekhar Chandra
    Many keyboards have been destroyed in about this very own issue. Perhaps, many more keyboard warriors spirits crushed recklessly...,
    Jonathan Yagel
    What a jift to humanity
    Allan Revah
    Is it GIPHY or JIFFY?
    Patrcik Armstong
    well....depends on what you think
    Patrcik Armstong
    im with a HARD g👍😜👍
    Steve Marchese
    The story goes that at the time the devs working on the project would say “choosy developers choose gifs,” and reference to the old Jif peanut butter slogan (“choosy Moms choose Jif.”
    Nathan A. Cleveland
    One wouldn’t say, “Be there in a giffy,” would one 😂
    Mark Branly
    Of course it's pronounced "JIF" because it's short for Giraffe-ics Interchange Format.
    Claudio Weinstein (meATclaudioweinsteinC
    Jif is peanut butter- Don't mess with peanut butter.
    Redwulfe
    I'm sticking with jif, so there...
    Matt Lintz
    G is fro graphics not jraphics
    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.